Rotary Parking System

Conducted under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Sinan Öncü and in collaboration with Mehmet Kutay Yavuzkol, Ayberk Ergül, and Abdullah Duman.

Overview

A functional small-scale rotary parking system prototype that works with model cars to save space by going vertically in open parking lots.

The entirety of the physical structure as well as most of the Arduino code was done by me.

Two Arduino UNOs, a stepper motor, and other electronic components are used for the control mechanism. The structure is built with interlinkable beams, pins, and gears.

The code is written in C++ to create “the most efficient path” algorithm that switches parking spots to save energy up to 20% and reduce waiting times for customers.