The Lexus Intelligent Park Assist system has been in the news quite a bit lately. Who wouldn’t want a car that parks itself? Well, inspired by this, a creative LEGO Mindstorms NXT builder has succeeded in making his own self-parking robot.

It’s a kind of robot-car done with LEGO mindstorms NXT elements that can automatically park itself if it detects enough space between 2 objects. It has got an ultrasonic sensor that detects the length of free spaces. Then, when it detects enough space, it makes the necessary movments to park. And when you say “GO!” it returns to the road.

See the video. He gives the ‘car’ in front of him a little fender bender on the way out, but it’s still very, very cool!

[via TechEBlog]