The Robot Car Retriever

By on May 16, 2006 in General robotics news, Robotic vehicles

We’ve already posted a bit about robotic vehicles here at nxtbot.com, but what about robotic garages? Now we have news that VW has developed a robotic car storage and retrieval system for storing new vehicles. It seems that the car grabber can fetch your new car for you if you happen to purchase a vehicle from the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Check out a few posts over at Driveline Blog and Inside Line for more information. (Source: Driveline Blog, Inside Line, Snopes) – [Jeff James]

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6 Responses to The Robot Car Retriever

  1. Alex de Groot May 19, 2006 at 7:31 am #

    It’s even so that you can go to Wolfsburg, with your credit card. They print a numberplate for you and you can drive way :) .

  2. Administrator May 19, 2006 at 2:39 pm #

    Wow. Makes me want to go to Germany if I ever buy a VW. :)

    How many towers like this does VW have in Germany? Is there a possibility that they could build more of these in other locations?

    - Jeff (Drivelineblog.com)

  3. Ian May 23, 2006 at 7:42 pm #

    I saw this a LONG time ago on the Museum of Hoaxes…

  4. Administrator May 24, 2006 at 5:20 pm #

    It’s not a hoax (as far as I know) — Snopes has confirmation:

    http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/parkade.asp

    It’s not a public parking garage — VW uses it to house some of their newly manufactured vehicles.

  5. Andy June 12, 2006 at 12:45 pm #

    I first saw this concept on an episode of Thunderbirds, the cult 1960′s TV series. There’s nothing new under the sun.

  6. mahmoud July 21, 2010 at 8:10 pm #

    hi i need to ask the name of company that buy The Robot Car Retriever.

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