The automatic parking robot developed by Hyundai WIA will be deployed to an apartment complex for the first time.

Hyundai WIA announced on the 10th that, in cooperation with Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, it has formed a consortium and will carry out a pilot project for parking robot operations in the underground parking lot of the “Hillstate The Wave City” apartment complex to be built in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province.

This robot drew attention last year through a YouTube video in which it moved as if performing ballet to classical music.

Two flat, plate-shaped robots make up one set, lifting the front and rear wheels of a vehicle respectively and then transporting the vehicle to the designated location.

Hyundai WIA designed the robot to be as thin as 110mm so that vehicles with low ground clearance can also use the automatic parking robot.

At the same time, it is capable of lifting and moving vehicles weighing up to 3.4 tons.

The robot moves at a speed of 1.2m per second to handle vehicle entry and exit.

Because it can move in all directions—forward, backward, and sideways—it minimizes the turning radius, and no space is needed for occupants to get in and out of the vehicle, allowing for efficient use of parking space.

The company expects that using this robot can increase the number of parking spaces by at least 20% and up to 50% compared with conventional parking lots.

For this pilot project, two sets of robots will be deployed to manage a total of 53 parking spaces.

The robots can be summoned via control panels (wall pads) installed on each household’s wall.

When a resident requests vehicle retrieval via the wall pad, the parking robot moves the car in advance to a designated pickup zone, minimizing waiting time.

A Hyundai WIA representative said, “We have also developed a parking control system along with the robots, and we can currently control 50 sets of parking robots simultaneously. We plan to expand this to enable simultaneous control of 100 sets in the future,” adding, “This will allow us to control a total of 4,000 parking spaces.”

Having already verified robot performance in office buildings and other facilities, Hyundai WIA plans to deploy these robots to underground parking lots once reconstruction of the Apgujeong Districts 2, 3, and 5 apartment complexes is completed. Hyundai Engineering & Construction is in charge of reconstruction in these districts.

The company added, “In particular, the parking robots to be introduced in Apgujeong District 3 will be equipped with fire detection functions, so that if a fire breaks out in the parking lot, vehicles in hazardous zones can be quickly moved to safe areas.”

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