ABOUT ROYCE MONTEVERDI – THE FOUNDER
1953-2025
The robotics pioneer who transformed the parking industry.
Mr. Monteverdi was a pioneer who transformed the parking industry. Coining the term “robotic parking” to describe his new technology, Monteverdi brought cutting edge robotics to develop systems that would allow robots to reliably and efficiently park automobiles, making fully automated parking structures possible. In 1994 he founded Robotic Parking Systems, Inc.
Monteverdi came to parking industry with a sterling reputation in the engineering community, having built acclaimed assembly lines for Mercedes-Benz and air bridges for Munich Airport. The “Lift and Run System” created by Robotic Parking Systems, the first system allowing 3 axis simultaneous movements, produced a radical transformation in parking, allowing the movement of 30 to 50 cars at the same time.
Monteverdi was the originator and co-developer of the Automated and Mechanical Parking Association guideline for automated parking, which was adopted as the standard by the National Parking Association in Washington, DC. He initiated the National Fire Code for automated parking for the National Fire Protection Association and served as a technical committee member for the association.
We will greatly miss his knowledge and enthusiasm.
early prototype, Ohio, 1988