# Stan at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport: deployment

Canonical ID: `dacbbb30-77e5-4f88-aadc-3fb64603da3b`

Stan, Stanley Robotics' outdoor valet-parking robot, operates in the P5+ car park at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport under a partnership with Aeroports de Lyon (VINCI Airports). Announced in July 2017, public service began in 2018 and scaled to roughly 500 spaces by March 2019, using four robots plus 12 vehicle drop-off cabins. A robot slides beneath a parked car, lifts it by the wheels and stores it, targeting about 50 percent higher parking density. Billed as the world's first outdoor car park managed entirely by robots.

## Key facts

- **Spaces served:** ~500 (P5+ car park)
- **Fleet:** 4 Stan robots + 12 drop-off cabins
- **Operator:** Aeroports de Lyon / VINCI Airports

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** stanley-stan-lyon-airport
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Stan](/models/stanley-robotics-stan.md) (id: `a3df3e20-8437-4391-87eb-877b48a50e92`)
- **Company:** [Stanley Robotics](/companies/stanley-robotics.md) (id: `927e718f-4bdc-4365-9930-99b96ad4dbbd`)
- **Location:** [Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport](/locations/lyon-saint-exupery-airport.md) (id: `d4619c74-49ef-42dd-a433-6b05c47200e6`)
- **First seen:** 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Stanley Robotics deploys parking robots at Lyon airport** · https://www.airport-technology.com/news/stanley-deploys-parking-robots/ · 2019-03-15
2. **World premiere: Lyon airport reinvents car parking with Stan the valet robot** · https://en.press.lyonaeroports.com/news/world-premiere-lyon-airport-with-stan-the-valet-robot-reinvent-car-parking-ca53-74b31.html · 2017-07-01

## Common questions

### What is the Stan deployment at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport?

Stan, built by Stanley Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport on the DEPLOY registry. Stanley Robotics operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Stan at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport?

Stanley Robotics, the manufacturer of Stan, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Stan deployment at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Stan deployment at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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