{"id":519621,"date":"2026-11-05T17:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519621\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:34:08","slug":"disneyland-testing-cars-robots-as-parking-lot-assistants-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/519621\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland testing \u2018Cars\u2019 robots as parking lot assistants \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cute little orange robot with a yellow safety vest that looks like a \u201cCars\u201d character could soon wave you into a parking spot using glowing traffic control wands at Disneyland\u2019s Pixar Pals garage.<\/p>\n

Disneyland is training AI-powered autonomous robots to help you park your car when you arrive at the Anaheim theme park, according to CNET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The robotic \u201cCars\u201d parking aides were showcased during the Disney Accelerator Demo Day event on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Disneyland\u2019s new parking structure expected to open in 2029<\/a><\/p>\n

Disney has developed robotic parking assistants that look like Pixar characters from the 2006 \u201cCars\u201d and 2008 \u201cWall-E\u201d animated films, according to a 30-minute video shown during the Disney Accelerator event.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if a character from Cars or robots from Wall-E direct you where to park when you arrive,\u201d Disney Experiences Senior Vice President Gary Daniels said on the video. \u201cThe work we are doing now is a great way to see how the robots function and, as important, how people respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Imagineering has been working with the Irvine-based FieldAI engineering company to develop the Disneyland parking lot robots.<\/p>\n

\"TestingTesting of a \u201cCars\u201d robotic parking aide showcased during the Disney Accelerator Demo Day event at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. (Video screen grab via the official Walt Disney Company YouTube channel)<\/p>\n

FieldAI has experience deploying robots in demanding, unstructured environments with uneven terrain, changing layouts and unexpected obstacles, according to Imagineering R&D Lab Director Doug Fidaleo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what drew us to FieldAI,\u201d Fidaleo said on the video. \u201cThe park of the future will be teeming with robot characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a \u201cCars\u201d robotic parking aide showcased during the Disney Accelerator Demo Day event at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. (Video screen grab via the official Walt Disney Company YouTube channel)<\/p>\n

FieldAI worked with Imagineering on the BD-1 droids<\/a> that make appearances in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cute little orange robot with a yellow safety vest that looks like a \u201cCars\u201d character could soon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420,136],"class_list":["post-519621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}