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The rule of thumb is you have to recoup capital costs in 2 years to make it worthwhile.



Given the above assumptions that seems doable to me. 2 years of working nearly 24/7 with virtually no costs(compared to wages/benefits) would more than pay for itself. But I don't think the above assumptions are necessarily correct, that sounds a bit too cheap to me.


It may be doable, I am not trying to be overly negative. It's just that I probably wouldn't target minimum wage workers with this robot.

Also you say "no costs" but do you honestly think these would be maintenance free? There would probably be a fairly significant cost to keep a fleet of these robots running as they are incredibly complex as compared to say an amazon warehouse robot.


Oh yes, I didn't mean there are no costs, just that beyond the initial expense they are much cheaper than human employees.




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