Robot model
Stan
Stanley Robotics' Stan is an outdoor autonomous valet-parking robot that lifts cars up to 2,600 kg by their wheels using eight sensor-guided arms and LiDAR…
- Manufacturer
- Stanley Robotics
- Form factor
- amr
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 4
- Website
- stanley-robotics.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Stan, a amr by Stanley Robotics (commercial): 4 verified deployments on record. 3 sources back the record.
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Overview
Stanley Robotics' Stan is an outdoor autonomous valet-parking robot that lifts cars up to 2,600 kg by their wheels using eight sensor-guided arms and LiDAR SLAM with centimetric RTK GPS accuracy. The robot operates for up to 20 hours per charge, places approximately 100 cars per day, and can optimize parking density by up to 50% in tarmac or concrete facilities operating from -20 to +60 degrees Celsius. Stan is deployed at airports and parking facilities across Europe.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Payload
Runtime
Operating speed
Battery capacity
Wheelbase range
Specs
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Navigation
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Cars per day
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Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Stan. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (4)
A non-airport vehicle-logistics pilot: automotive-logistics group GEFCO tested two Stan robots managing roughly 100 dedicated spaces at its platform in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, France, for used-vehicle storage and…
- Stan at London Gatwick Airportannounced
Gatwick Airport Ltd signed a framework contract with Stanley Robotics for a Stan trial in the South Terminal long-stay parking, planned to start in the second half of 2019 and run into early 2020, with robots reclaiming…
Stan's first public airport trial ran at Paris-Charles de Gaulle in 2017.
- Stan at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airportoperational
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).
Stan on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Stan is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 1, 2021
at Nanteuil-le-Haudouin
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2019
at London Gatwick Airport
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2018
at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 1, 2017
at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
Safety record
No incidents on record for Stan.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
- Meet our Robots - Stanley Robotics · https://www.stanley-robotics.com/meet-our-robots/
- Stan Valet Airport Parking Robot | Engineering For Change · https://www.engineeringforchange.org/solutions/product/stan-valet-airport-parking-robot/
- https://www.stanley-robotics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/stanley-robotics-robot-spec.pdf
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: amr
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Stan.Recent coverage
Stan in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Stan from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/stanley-robotics-stan.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/a3df3e20-8437-4391-87eb-877b48a50e92
- Revision history: /models/stanley-robotics-stan/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Stan draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the 82nd percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap +12.3, 16th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 3, 2026