In order to provide an automated parking system for vehicles in which a vehicle which is to be parked is parked on a pallet at a transfer station and the pallet is then transferred by a mechanical device and moved to a storage location, and which, on the one hand, is technically simple, and therefore has little susceptibility to faults, and is cost-effective, and on the other hand can make it possible to use existing storage areas as parking space with minor structural modifications and installations, according to the invention multiple pallets are provided which can be stored at storage locations of the parking system at a raised level with respect to the floor of the building in such a way that a low-floor maneuvering vehicle can drive under them. Furthermore, at least one robotically controlled, low-floor maneuvering vehicle is provided for transporting the pallets, the maneuvering vehicle having an omni-directional drive and being equipped with a preferably hydraulic lifting device in order to lift a pallet which has been driven under.

In order to provide an automated parking system for vehicles in which a vehicle which is to be parked is parked on a pallet at a transfer station and the pallet is then transferred by a mechanical device and moved to a storage location, and which, on the one hand, is technically simple, and therefore has little susceptibility to faults, and is cost-effective, and on the other hand can make it possible to use existing storage areas as parking space with minor structural modifications and installations, according to the invention multiple pallets are provided which can be stored at storage locations of the parking system at a raised level with respect to the floor of the building in such a way that a low-floor maneuvering vehicle can drive under them. Furthermore, at least one robotically controlled, low-floor maneuvering vehicle is provided for transporting the pallets, the maneuvering vehicle having an omni-directional drive and being equipped with a preferably hydraulic lifting device in order to lift a pallet which has been driven under.

A safety barrier assembly is provided for a parking garage is positioned in proximity to an opening for a VRC and includes a horizontal AGV safety beam and upper and lower pedestrian barriers having horizontal railings and vertical legs. The vertical legs are telescoped into openings at opposite ends of the AGV safety beam. The vertical legs of the upper pedestrian barrier are longer than those of the lower pedestrian barrier. The AGV safety beam can be moved vertically between a lower position where the AGV safety beam is substantially adjacent a floor of the parking garage and an upper position where the AGV safety beam is elevated from the floor. The horizontal railings of the pedestrian barriers are parallel to and spaced above the AGV safety beam in the lower position. However, the horizontal railings abut the AGV safety beam in the upper position.

A parking robot for a transportation vehicle having at least two wheel axles and a method for operating a parking robot. The parking robot includes a main robot part and a secondary robot part which each have a pair of wheel support arms on two opposite sides. The two-part parking robot then moves under the transportation vehicle with respective folded-in wheel support arms and disconnects the secondary robot part from the main robot part to position the main robot part and the secondary robot part each in a region of one of the wheel axles beneath the transportation vehicle and to lift up respective wheels of the respective wheel axle of the transportation vehicle by folding out the respective pairs of wheel support arms.

A parking robot for a transportation vehicle having at least two wheel axles and a method for operating a parking robot. The parking robot includes a main robot part and a secondary robot part which each have a pair of wheel support arms on two opposite sides. The two-part parking robot then moves under the transportation vehicle with respective folded-in wheel support arms and disconnects the secondary robot part from the main robot part to position the main robot part and the secondary robot part each in a region of one of the wheel axles beneath the transportation vehicle and to lift up respective wheels of the respective wheel axle of the transportation vehicle by folding out the respective pairs of wheel support arms.

An electric vehicle parking energy supply system includes at least one electric power control unit that is connected with at least one electric power generation system, a parking tower having multiple vehicle carrying platforms that are movable in multiple axes for receiving electric vehicles to park thereon, multiple power buses, a power charging control unit arranged on each vehicle carrying platform for connection with and charging the electric vehicle, and at least one electric vehicle charging management center. The power charging control unit controls bidirectional electric energy supply for supplying working power required by the parking tower, the vehicle carrying platforms, and the power buses and selling extra power back to a commercial power supply. The power buses are arranged longitudinally to each correspond to one side of a predetermined location of each of the vehicle carrying platforms of the parking tower. Each power charging control unit includes at least one power collection device, which is contactable with the power buses when the vehicle carrying platforms move to the predetermined location for parking in order to allow the power charging control unit to supply charging power to charge the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle charging management center remotely monitors and controls, by means of connection through a network, the bidirectional energy supply of the electric power control unit and the charging status of the electric vehicle with each power charging control unit.

A parking vehicle for the transport and parking of an electric vehicle. The parking vehicle has a platform on which the electric vehicle can be parked and has a charging system to charge the electric vehicle. The charging system has an electric energy storage which is connected to a contact system. The charging system is connected to the platform. The parking vehicle is connected to an electric energy supply which is connected to the charging system. The parking vehicle has a charging regulator connected to the charging system. The parking vehicle has a communications device which transmits and receives the data of an external system. The parking vehicle has a control device connected with the communications device. Movement of the parking vehicle is controlled in longitudinal and transverse directions by the control device.

The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to methods for operating a transport system, which have a large number of transport mechanism and means. The invention further relates to a corresponding transport system.

The exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to methods for operating a transport system, which have a large number of transport mechanism and means. The invention further relates to a corresponding transport system.

A vehicle inspection system is described. The vehicle inspection system comprises: an inspection device, for performing an inspection on a vehicle to be inspected; a carrier platform, for carrying the vehicle to be inspected; and an unmanned controlled travelling device for moving the carrier platform to pass through a scanning area of the inspection device, so as to perform the inspection on the vehicle to be inspected. In the present disclosure, the vehicle to be inspected is carried by the carrier platform, and the unmanned controlled travelling device is used to move the carrier platform to pass through the scanning area of the inspection device, so that the vehicle to be inspected can be subject to inspection smoothly. There is no driver required to drive through the scanning area in this process, thus avoiding exposure of a driver to a threat of radiation.