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Daimler, Bosch, and Car2Go are developing a system which will allow vehicles to drive themselves to parking spaces in the future.
The system is housed in a car park which is equipped with sensors and cameras which can interact with vehicles allowing them to park themselves. It is run from Bosch's control unit in Germany, while the Car2Go vehicles are fitted with Mercedes' onboard sensors.
Customers can book vehicles using a smartphone app like any other car club. Once the user reaches the car pick-up zone of the car park, the vehicle drives itself to the customer.
When the journey is over, the user parks the shared car in a dedicated 'drop-off' zone of the car park. Once the car has been 'returned' via the app, the vehicle is able to direct itself to an unassigned parking space.
Bosch said it is developing parking space occupancy sensors, which will work alongside Mercedes' sensors.
Trials are being carried out in a private garage at the moment, however a spokesman for the project told BusinessCar that once the infrastructure has been tested it will be used in a large public car park in Stuttgart.
"We are developing and testing an infrastructure-based solution for a fully automated valet parking service. This is another step on our way to autonomous driving - or as in this case: towards autonomous parking," said Dr. Thomas Weber, member of the board Daimler AG, responsible for Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development.
"Fully automated parking will be ready for mass-production before fully automated driving", said Dr. Dirk Hoheisel, the board member of Bosch responsible for automated technology. "Low driving speeds and the information from the car park infrastructure enable a fast implementation."
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