Hyundai: Robots park and charge electric cars autonomously

South Korean conglomerate Hyundai has developed a parking robot that can autonomously park vehicles weighing up to 2.2 tons in a parking garage and return them again. Hyundai made the announcement on Thursday. Also from Hyundai, developed in collaboration with car manufacturer Kia, is the Automatic Charging Robot (ACR), which charges the electric car automatically.

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When the car needs to be parked, the Hyundai parking robot does it. It actually consists of two separate systems located below the front and rear halves of the car at a height of 110 mm, raising the wheels and sliding under them. A camera and object detection system ensures wheel size and position are recognized.

The parking robot is compatible with all cars weighing up to 2.2 tons, Hyundai promisesThe car is then allocated a specific space in the parking garage and driven there at a speed of 1.2 m/s (about 4.3 km/h). The robot's lidar sensors detect people and objects on the road and prevent collision with the parked vehicle.

The car is parked as part of an intelligent parking control system that can control up to 50 parking robots at the same time. It is used to find optimal routes and effectively distribute robots in a parking garage. Hyundai wants to further develop the system so that it can be used in hybrid operations. Parking robots and people can then park together. However, Hyundai promises that the parking system works more efficiently because it can park vehicles with a much smaller distance between them.

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If necessary, the electric car's batteries can also be charged automatically. To do this, the parking robot brings the car to the loading area. The ACR then identifies the vehicle by scanning the license plate. The robot uses deep learning recognition function to recognize the electric vehicle charging port, connect the charging station, check the battery status and charge the battery. Once the charging process is complete, the parking robot returns the car to its parking spot. The charging robot is expected to be integrated into the parking system from the third quarter of 2024.

(OLB)