Information System for a Robotic Parking Garage

An apparatus comprising:

• a user interface comprising a display and an input coupled with a controller, the controller is coupled with an entry exit module, a rack entry module, an upper-level horizontal carrier module, a vertical lift carrier module, a pallet shuttle, a pallet stacker, and a pallet vertical lift;
• the user interface includes but not limited to diagnostic screens for the entry exit module, the entry level carrier module, the rack entry module, the upper level horizonal carrier module, the vertical lift carrier module, the pallet shuttle, the pallet stacker, and the pallet vertical lift;
• the user interface is operable to receive a diagnostic screen selection input from the user interface input and to select a diagnostic screen corresponding to a machine selected from the group consisting of the entry exit module, the entry level carrier module, the rack entry module, the upper level horizonal carrier module, the vertical lift carrier module, the pallet shuttle, the pallet stacker, and the pallet vertical lift;
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• the user interface is operable to display a status of the machine corresponding to the selected diagnostic screen and when operating in a predefined mode selected from a plurality of operating modes, the controller is responsive to receiving an input from the selected diagnostic screen to cause the corresponding machine to move a predefined distance.