Gatwick airport trial for valet-parking robots

Now Gatwick airport is introducing a fleet of valet-parking robots to ease the stress of getting away — and squeeze one third more vehicles into the same size car park. Travellers will leave their car in a dedicated drop-off zone and summon a droid, booked by app, to park their car (PR handout)

Similar systems are being trialled at airports in Paris, Lyon and Düsseldorf,  but this would be the first time it has been used in the UK. Stéphane Evanno, Stanley Robotics’ co-founder, said: “We call it a valet parking robot because people just need to drop off their car at the entrance of the car park and then they can basically leave and catch a flight, but it’s doing more than just valet parking.”

Source: www.standard.co.uk