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Commercial floor cleaning
Cleaner with a walk-behind autoscrubber vs Autonomous floor scrubber
Estimaciones modeladas por Whirrwork, no hechos. Metodología · Historial de aciertos
On these numbers it is close: decide on the things that are not cost. The robot would sit idle most of the time; it pays off at higher volume or longer hours. Payback is longer than three years, which is longer than many robot contracts and some robot companies.
Estados Unidos · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation
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Resultados
| Opción | Al mes | Al año | Per unit (sq ft) | Inversión inicial | Plazo de recuperación | Break-even utilisation | 5-year NPV vs baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humano Staff cleaner Referencia | 2401 US$ | 28.817 US$ | 0,003 US$ | — | — | — | — |
| Robot Buy a robot scrubber | 2328 US$ | 27.931 US$ | 0,003 US$ | 64.740 US$ | 45 meses | 32 % Utilisation 34 % |
13.187 US$ |
| Robot Lease a robot scrubber | 3175 US$ | 38.098 US$ | 0,004 US$ | 2000 US$ | nunca | 48 % Utilisation 34 % |
-30.439 US$ |
| Robot Robot scrubber as a service | 2349 US$ | 28.186 US$ | 0,003 US$ | 2000 US$ | 21 meses | 33 % Utilisation 34 % |
10.298 US$ |
What moves the answer most
Each bar shows the 5-year NPV of the best robot option when one input moves to the low or high end of its range, with the rest held at your values.
Cost per unit to 2035
Real terms (today's money). Robot hardware follows Wright's law; wages follow each country's history. Shaded band: robots-slow to robots-fast scenarios. Estimaciones modeladas por Whirrwork, no hechos.
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What the spreadsheet misses
- Seguridad
- Fewer slips while floors are wet if the robot cleans after hours; a 300 kg machine near shoppers needs working sensors and sensible routes.
- Calidad
- Robots are consistent on open floor and log what they cleaned. They miss edges and spot spills unless someone follows up.
- Flexibilidad
- A cleaner handles bathrooms, bins and the unexpected; a scrubber scrubs.
- Edge cases
- Cluttered, changing layouts (pallets left in aisles) kill robot productivity fast.
- Customer experience
- Usually neutral to positive in stores; noise at night is a non-issue.
- Jobs and redeployment
- The common pattern is redeploying cleaners to detail work rather than cutting hours one-for-one; plan the redeployment before the robot arrives.
- Regulación
- No licence needed. Check lease terms for damage liability.
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- ISSA 612 cleaning times: 20-inch walk-behind automatic scrubber about 9,274 sq ft per hour; wet mop about 1,333-1,429 ISSA, as reproduced by Parish Supply, 2026-10
- Neo 2 disc cleaning head technical specifications: maximum theoretical productivity 33,583 ft²/h (26-inch) Avidbots, 2026-10 · vendor
- Gausium autonomous scrubbers: purchase $29,600-$95,880; RaaS $829-$2,669/month on a 36-month term RobotLAB (reseller), 2026-10 · vendor
- Avidbots Neo lease $2,250-$2,900/month, as quoted by an Avidbots representative MLive, 2024-01
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- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026: wages and salaries 70.0% of private-industry compensation (series CMU2020000000000P) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026-06
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