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Robot atau manusia?

Security patrol

Security guard on patrol vs Autonomous patrol robot (MaaS)

Estimasi model Whirrwork, bukan fakta. Metodologi · Rekam jejak

Manusia · Per tahunUS$228.704Guard on site
Robot · Per tahunUS$151.754Patrol robot as a service
Masa balik modal0 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
Asumsi

Patrol hours needed per day (24 = round the clock).

Asumsi

Operating hours per day.

Asumsi

Days per month (every day).

Asumsi

Active months per year.

Tenaga kerja
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS OEWS May 2025 national median hourly wage, SOC 33-9032.

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).

Asumsi

One guard-hour covers one patrol-hour.

Robot
Asumsi

One robot-hour covers one patrol-hour of a defined route (outdoor lots, perimeters).

Knightscope

Midpoint of Knightscope's marketed $6-$12 per robot-hour on an annual 24/7 contract.

Asumsi

Site survey, connectivity and alarm-centre integration.

Asumsi

Contract length in years.

Asumsi

Share of hours the robot patrols (charging is scheduled).

Asumsi

Hours lost to faults, covered by a guard.

Asumsi

Share of guard hours spent on things a patrol robot cannot do: responding, access control, talking to people. A person stays on call for these.

Asumsi

Remote-monitoring minutes per robot-hour (watching alerts, often shared across sites).

Asumsi

Included in the contract.

Asumsi

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

Keuangan
Asumsi

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

Asumsi

Years in the NPV comparison.

Asumsi

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

Asumsi

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

Asumsi

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 (patrol hour)Biaya awalMasa balik modalBreak-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
Manusia Guard on site Pembanding US$19.059US$228.704US$26,12— — — —
Robot Patrol robot as a service US$12.646US$151.754US$17,33US$3.000 0.5 bulan 1%
Utilisation 72%
 US$362.527

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: Patrol robot as a service5-year NPV vs baseline: Patrol robot as a serviceWork that stays humanlow value: 0.15 → US$474.997high value: 0.6 → US$221.940Workloadlow value: 8 → US$118.842high value: 24 → US$362.527Hourly wagelow value: 14.624000000000002 → US$247.322high value: 21.936 → US$477.732Supervisionlow value: 2 → US$406.667high value: 20 → US$208.037Subscription per robot-hourlow value: 6 → US$432.694high value: 12 → US$292.361Employer on-cost multiplierlow value: 1.2790000000000001 → US$302.063high value: 1.579 → US$422.992Work lost to failureslow value: 0 → US$382.390high value: 0.1 → US$316.180Financing and discount ratelow value: 0.05 → US$391.318high value: 0.12 → US$328.427Wage growth per yearlow value: 0.0236 → US$341.663high value: 0.0636 → US$384.192US$362.527low valuehigh valueSource: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/security-patrol/). 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/security-patrol/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.US$0,00US$10,00US$20,00US$30,002026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / patrol hourscenario 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/security-patrol/). Modelled estimate,…

Tahun titik temu biaya: sudah

What the spreadsheet misses

Keselamatan
A robot cannot intervene, give first aid or de-escalate. It detects and reports; someone still responds.
Kualitas
Robots never skip a round and record everything; guards notice context.
Fleksibilitas
Guards do access control, deliveries, lost children. Robots patrol.
Edge cases
Stairs, rain, crowds and vandalism are known problems. One famously drove into a fountain.
Customer experience
Visible deterrence cuts both ways: some visitors like it, some find it creepy.
Jobs and redeployment
In practice robots replace overnight rounds on big lots; people move to response and monitoring.
Regulasi
Licensing applies to guards, not robots; recording and privacy law applies to robot cameras (GDPR in the EU/UK).

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