Robotic Parking Garage: No Tip Necessary

Sure, robots can drive cars and clean floors, perform surgeries and go to war. But as the promises of science fiction give way to the realities of daily inconvenience, even top technophiles acknowledge that near-term innovations will fall short of full-on robotic butlers—but they will make our live a little easier.

The latest breakthrough in gee-whiz convenience: the rise of the robotic parking garage, a machine that stores and retrieves your car—unmanned—in 90 seconds, all the while ensuring that you’ll never be on the receiving end of a Ferris Bueller-esque attendant’s joyride.