Hyundai Wia, the auto parts and machinery affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said Monday it will begin testing autonomous parking robots in a residential apartment complex for the first time in Korea. Formed as part of a consortium with Hyundai Motor and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, the trial will run at the Hillstate The Wave City complex in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, under a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport regulatory sandbox initiative. The company will deploy two sets of robots across 53 parking spaces to evaluate operational stability, space efficiency, and resident convenience. Operating in pairs, the 110-millimeter-thin robots slide beneath vehicles, lift their wheels and transport them autonomously at speeds up to 1.2 meters per second. Equipped with LiDAR sensors, they can handle SUVs weighing up to 3.4 tons. When a resident leaves a vehicle in a drop-off zone, the robots automatically move it to an open space; upon request, they return the car to the pickup area. The system integrates with wall-mounted smart home pads, allowing residents to summon their v