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End-of-line palletizing

Packer stacking cases by hand vs Cobot palletizing cell

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इंसान · प्रति वर्ष$78,952Hand stacking
रोबोट · प्रति वर्ष$31,287Buy a palletizing cell
लागत वसूली की अवधि20 महीने
लागत बराबरी का वर्षअभी सेBase-case year (earliest to latest across scenarios)

On these numbers the robot option is clearly cheaper.

संयुक्त राज्य · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation

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काम की मात्रा
धारणा

Cases stacked per day.

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Line hours per day.

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Working days per month.

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Months per year.

कर्मचारी
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS OEWS May 2025 national median hourly wage, SOC 53-7064.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Wages and salaries were 70.0% of total employer compensation cost for private industry workers in June 2026 (ECEC), so total cost = wage / 0.70.

ilostat.ilo.org

Nominal 4.4% a year, 2015-2025 (ILOSTAT hourly earnings).

धारणा

Cases per person-hour (light cases; heavy ones are slower and harder on backs).

रोबोट
धारणा

Robot cases per hour relative to a person.

RobotPalletizer.com PicPac USA

Turnkey FANUC CRX palletizing cell, starting price ($119,850 for a competitor cell).

धारणा

Conveyor tie-in, safety scanners, pattern programming.

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Yearly maintenance share of price.

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Useful life in years.

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Availability (pallet changes).

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Output lost to faults.

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Mixed or damaged cases stacked by hand.

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Operator minutes per robot-hour (pallet swaps, slip sheets).

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kWh per robot-hour.

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Electricity price per kWh (USD). Check your bill; energy is rarely a big line.

वित्त
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Annual financing / discount rate. Nobody publishes yours; 8% is a round mid-2026 commercial borrowing guess.

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Years in the NPV comparison.

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Share of a human service price that is labour (rises with wages). Used to escalate and to adjust US service prices to other countries.

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Share of a robot service price that is labour (pilot, technician). The rest is equipment, which learning curves make cheaper.

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Share of a lease or RaaS fee that pays for hardware (learns down). The rest is service and support (moves with wages).

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नतीजे

विकल्पप्रति माहप्रति वर्षPer unit (case)शुरुआती लागतलागत वसूली की अवधिBreak-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
इंसान Hand stacking तुलना का आधार $6,579$78,952$0.10— — — —
रोबोट Buy a palletizing cell $2,607$31,287$0.04$1,04,750 20 महीने 18%
Utilisation 64%
 $2,10,238

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.

5-year NPV vs baseline: Buy a palletizing cell5-year NPV vs baseline: Buy a palletizing cellWorkloadlow value: 1000 → $11,061high value: 10000 → $7,50,304Human output per hourlow value: 150 → $3,30,888high value: 400 → $98,201Hourly wagelow value: 13.952000000000002 → $1,50,330high value: 20.928 → $2,70,146Employer on-cost multiplierlow value: 1.2790000000000001 → $1,78,796high value: 1.579 → $2,41,680Financing and discount ratelow value: 0.05 → $2,37,259high value: 0.12 → $1,78,547Robot purchase pricelow value: 94750 → $2,10,238high value: 150000 → $1,64,448Integration and setuplow value: 3000 → $2,17,238high value: 30000 → $1,90,238Robot output vs a personlow value: 0.8 → $1,95,933high value: 2 → $2,21,683Useful life or contractlow value: 7 → $1,96,610high value: 15 → $2,20,838$2,10,2380low valuehigh valueSource: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.

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. Whirrwork के मॉडल पर आधारित अनुमान, तथ्य नहीं।

Chartप्रति इकाई इंसानी लागत (आधार), प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (आधार), प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (रोबोट: तेज़ प्रगति), प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (रोबोट: धीमी प्रगति). Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.$0.00$0.025$0.05$0.075$0.102026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / casescenario rangeप्रति इकाई इंसानी लागत (आधार)प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (आधार)प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (रोबोट: तेज…प्रति इकाई रोबोट लागत (रोबोट: धीम…Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not…

लागत बराबरी का वर्ष: अभी से

What the spreadsheet misses

सुरक्षा
Repetitive lifting is a classic back-injury job; this is the strongest non-cost case on the list.
गुणवत्ता
Tidier, more stable pallets.
लचीलापन
Frequent SKU changes need easy pattern setup (cobots are good at this).
Edge cases
Bags, irregular or very heavy cases need special grippers.
Customer experience
Fewer damaged shipments.
Jobs and redeployment
High turnover on these roles means automation often fills vacancies rather than replacing people.
नियम-क़ानून
ISO 10218; area scanners for collaborative cells.

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  2. Complete cobot palletizer cell $119,850 PicPac USA, 2026-10 · vendor
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