Hyundai Wia Accelerates Introduction of Parking Robots in Multi-Family Housing

Parking Solution Customer Invitation Event Held
Market Expansion Accelerates with Approval for Parking Robot Installation in Multi-Family Housing

Hyundai Wia is setting forth guidelines for the introduction of parking robots in multi-family housing complexes and is actively moving to expand its business in this sector.

On August 20, Hyundai Wia announced that it held a "Parking Solution Customer Invitation Event" at the Hyundai Motor Group Uiwang Research Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, over two days on the 19th and 20th. For the first time, Hyundai Wia organized this event to present its parking robot technology, as well as solutions for architectural design and licensing required for deploying parking robots in apartment complexes. Approximately 800 key clients, including construction and building companies interested in the adoption of parking robots, attended the event.

At the 'Parking Solution Customer Invitation Event' held by Hyundai Wia on the 19th at the Uiwang Research Center in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, a parking robot was seen moving an SUV vehicle. Hyundai Wia

Hyundai Wia organized this event in a proactive response to the recent establishment of institutional frameworks enabling the installation of parking robots in apartment buildings. In July, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport amended the "Enforcement Decree of the Parking Lot Act" and the "Rules Regarding Housing Construction Standards," officially recognizing parking robots as mechanical parking devices and permitting their installation in multi-family housing. Accordingly, it is now possible to design dedicated parking lots for parking robots, and parking space dimensions can be tailored to suit robot operation.

The event was structured into two parts: a "parking robot demonstration" and a "seminar," allowing customers to witness the actual operation and application strategies of parking robots. The demonstration covered a range of realistic scenarios, including ▲ vehicle entry and exit ▲ perpendicular, parallel, and double parking ▲ vehicle relocation ▲ response to unexpected situations. The subsequent seminar introduced implementation strategies for adopting parking robots, including architectural design considerations such as infrastructure requirements and high-efficiency parking layouts. The seminar also extensively covered topics such as relevant regulations, strategies tailored to new and existing sites, and construction cost comparisons between conventional parking lots and robot-operated facilities.

Hyundai Wia’s parking robots operate in sets of two, moving underneath a vehicle to lift its wheels and then transfer the vehicle to an available parking spot or entry/exit zone. The robots use LiDAR sensors to recognize the location and size of the vehicle’s wheels and can transport SUVs weighing up to 3.4 tons. To accommodate vehicles with low ground clearance, each robot is designed to be just 110 mm thick. The adoption of parking robots reduces the space required to open vehicle doors and allows for double and triple parking, thereby enabling the facility to accommodate at least 20% and up to 50% more vehicles than traditional self-parked lots.

Hyundai Wia has accumulated experience operating parking robots in both manufacturing plants and private facilities. Since first supplying parking robots to the Hyundai Motor Group Singapore Global Innovation Center (HMGICS) in November 2023, the company has also provided systems for Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA), Metaplant America (HMGMA), and the new Ulsan GP Plant, where they are currently in operation. Furthermore, Hyundai Wia has verified the applicability of parking robots in private facilities, including Hyundai Motor Group headquarters and the office building Factoria Seongsu.

Building on this operational experience, Hyundai Wia is now accelerating efforts to apply its parking robots to multi-family housing. In consortium with Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Hyundai Wia is conducting the nation's first demonstration project for apartment building parking robots at "Hillstate The Wave City" in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province. The goal is to verify the operational stability, parking efficiency, and user convenience of parking robots in a real residential environment.

A Hyundai Wia representative stated, “With institutional frameworks now established for the installation of parking robots in apartment complexes, we organized this event to allow customers to see for themselves how the robots operate and can be applied. We aim to provide optimized parking robot solutions not only for multi-family housing but also for transport hubs, public facilities, and a variety of urban spaces.”

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