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Robot atau manusia?

End-of-line palletizing

Packer stacking cases by hand vs Cobot palletizing cell

Estimasi model Whirrwork, bukan fakta. Metodologi · Rekam jejak

Manusia · Per tahunUS$78.952Hand stacking
Robot · Per tahunUS$31.287Buy a palletizing cell
Masa balik modal20 bulan
Tahun titik temu biayasudahBase-case year (earliest to latest across scenarios)

On these numbers the robot option is clearly cheaper.

Amerika Serikat · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation

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Beban kerja
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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.

Tenaga kerja

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

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.

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

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

Robot
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Robot cases per hour relative to a person.

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

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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.

Keuangan
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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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Hasil

OpsiPer bulanPer tahunPer unit (case)Biaya awalMasa balik modalBreak-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
Manusia Hand stacking Pembanding US$6.579US$78.952US$0,10— — — —
Robot Buy a palletizing cell US$2.607US$31.287US$0,04US$104.750 20 bulan 18%
Utilisation 64%
US$210.238

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 → US$11.061high value: 10000 → US$750.304Human output per hourlow value: 150 → US$330.888high value: 400 → US$98.201Hourly wagelow value: 13.952000000000002 → US$150.330high value: 20.928 → US$270.146Employer on-cost multiplierlow value: 1.2790000000000001 → US$178.796high value: 1.579 → US$241.680Financing and discount ratelow value: 0.05 → US$237.259high value: 0.12 → US$178.547Robot purchase pricelow value: 94750 → US$210.238high value: 150000 → US$164.448Integration and setuplow value: 3000 → US$217.238high value: 30000 → US$190.238Robot output vs a personlow value: 0.8 → US$195.933high value: 2 → US$221.683Useful life or contractlow value: 7 → US$196.610high value: 15 → US$220.838US$210.2380low 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. Estimasi model Whirrwork, bukan fakta.

ChartBiaya manusia per unit (Dasar), Biaya robot per unit (Dasar), Biaya robot per unit (Robot: kemajuan cepat), Biaya robot per unit (Robot: kemajuan lambat). Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.US$0,00US$0,025US$0,05US$0,075US$0,102026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / casescenario rangeBiaya manusia per unit (Dasar)Biaya robot per unit (Dasar)Biaya robot per unit (Robot: kema…Biaya robot per unit (Robot: kema…Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not…

Tahun titik temu biaya: sudah

What the spreadsheet misses

Keselamatan
Repetitive lifting is a classic back-injury job; this is the strongest non-cost case on the list.
Kualitas
Tidier, more stable pallets.
Fleksibilitas
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.
Regulasi
ISO 10218; area scanners for collaborative cells.

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