LAS VEGAS (KABC) -- Parking in tight spots can be a nightmare, but what if there was a robot that could do it for you?
Parkie the robot was introduced at CES 2024 - the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. It was one of just a handful of products to win the show's 2024 Best Innovation Award.
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HL Mando, a South Korean company, designed Parkie to slide under a car, lift and rotate it, then fit it into a spot so tight the vehicle's door couldn't open.
Drivers would get out of the vehicles first and then let the autonomous robot take over.
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For now the company is marketing its invention to owners of large buildings and parking facilities, rather than individual drivers, allowing them to design lots with more spaces on a smaller footprint by packing them closer together.