Hyundai: Robots park and charge electric cars autonomously
Two robots from Hyundai automate the tedious parking and charging process for electric cars. The system can control up to 50 parking robots at the same time.
The two-part robot jacks up the vehicle and takes it to the assigned parking space.
(Image: Hyundai (Screenshot))
The South Korean Hyundai Group has developed a parking robot that can autonomously park vehicles weighing up to 2.2 tons in a multistory parking lot and bring them back again. Hyundai announced this on Thursday. Also developed by Hyundai, in collaboration with car manufacturer Kia, is an Automatic Charging Robot (ACR), which also charges an electric car automatically.
When a car needs to be parked, the Hyundai parking robot takes over. It actually consists of two separate systems that drive under the front and rear half of the vehicle at a height of 110 mm, lift the wheels and slide underneath. A camera system and an object recognition system detect the wheel size and position.
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Hyundai promises that the parking robot is compatible with all cars weighing up to 2.2 tons. The vehicle is then assigned to a specific space in the parking garage and driven there at a speed of 1.2 m/s (around 4.3 km/h). The robot's lidar sensors detect people and objects in its path and prevent a collision with the parking vehicle.
Parking takes place as part of a smart parking control system that can control up to 50 parking robots at the same time. It is used to find the optimal routes and distribute the robots effectively in the parking garage. Hyundai wants to further develop the system so that it can be used in mixed operation. Parking robots and humans can then park cars together. However, Hyundai promises that the parking system will be more efficient, as it can park the vehicles with significantly less distance between them.
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Autonomous charging
If required, the batteries of an electric car can also be charged automatically. To accomplish this, the parking robot brings the vehicle to a charging area. The ACR then identifies the vehicle by scanning the license plate. Using a deep learning-based recognition function, the robot recognizes the charging port of the electric car, connects the charging station, checks the battery status and charges the battery. Once the charging process is complete, the parking robot returns the vehicle to its parking space. The charging robot will be integrated into the parking system from the third quarter of 2024.
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