Robotic solution to parking woes
Dubai: A robotic car park linked to the office tower at Ibn Battuta Gate can hold up to 765 cars and is the first of several planned for the UAE intended address parking woes. Because the park is robotic, it means that it can fit twice as many cars in the space than if it was a regular car park due to saved space. And in terms of time, the system can retrieve your car and deliver it you within three minutes - a claim tried and tested by local media. The robotic car park, one of the three largest in the world, can park 250 cars every hour. It is possible for 32 cars to be in motion within the seven-storey system at any one time. The car is revolved 180 degrees once it is inside the car park which will save time once the car is retrieved as it will come out facing forward, said Sami Eisa, general manager of Robotic Systems, the technology licensor. "In a world of increasing urbanisation and traffic congestion, the future is robotic parking. As more and more vehicles in the UAE