automated bike and car storage places

[den4]

Just caught the news that they have a funky automated bicycle and car storage garage that looked pretty cool. Taro, perhaps you know of a link for any info on the company that makes that system?

curious...

[Taro Toporific]

Just caught the news that they have a funky automated bicycle and car storage garage that looked pretty cool. Taro, perhaps you know of a link for any info on the company that makes that system?
curious...

There're very common here in the 'burbs of Tokyo since a 2-car family is even more impossible. I was considering exporting them to my old 'hood on the Chicago Northside, Oldtown, where parking space is tight if available at all and 1-car garages are a luxury. Below is the product I was considering.


Japanese brands of automated parking systems
http://www.fujitec.co.jp/english/product/parking/2ring/index.htm
http://www.aisan-ind.co.jp/product/e_parking.htm
http://www.shinmaywa.co.jp/english/corp_group/sonota_intro.htm



Problem 1: The design of Japanese systems are violently anti-disabled in terms of accessiblity.

Problem 2: Japanese [url=http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:KsrR7TVkkScJ:[url]www.japantoday.com/e/%3Fcontent%3Dnews%26cat%3D2%26page%3D7+%22Sanwa+Shutter%22+%22parking+systems%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8]parts[/url] [/url] are insanely priced and these automatic -parking systems break down constantly.

Problem 3: Product Liability: Japan don't get it .
Japan makes dangerous crap. For example, the automatic enterance systems made by Sanwa at Mori's Roppongi Hills.

Bottom Line: Buy German.
http://www.parkingsystems.de/engl/source/frameset.htm
Or Chinese.
http://www.gloryheavy.com.hk/
Or even American
http://www.roboticparking.com/product.html
http://www.autospacecorp.com/index.html

[mr. sparkle]

Starting to see them in San Francisco now, as well!

[GuyJean]

Just caught the news that they have a funky automated bicycle and car storage garage that looked pretty cool.

Not sure if it's what you're talking about, but I've seen some bicycle parking areas that are underground, multi-level storage 'caves'; you don't enter the area. You put your bike in this robotic, mini elevator and pull out a number key. The robot elevator grabs the bike, drops it into the abyss, and whisps it to the same numbered storage space on your key..

When you return, input the key, and the robotic arm fetches your bike within a minute..

I saw it on TV, but it was pretty impressive. It's supposed to save space around crowded stations... And probably costs trillions of yen..

GJ

[den4]

yep...that's the one I saw, too, Guyjean....and I think that would probably not be a health issue until you get some idiot 6 year old that wants to stick his head between the tires of the bike as it is being hauled into the abyss.....

parents (and fellow co-workers) just gotta learn to keep their dependents from sticking their necks out where it don't belong...