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機器人還是人工？

Hospital deliveries

Porter / orderly making runs vs Autonomous hospital delivery robot (TUG-class)

Whirrwork 模型估算，並非事實。 方法說明 · 預測紀錄

人工 · 每年US$255,923Porter runs
機器人 · 每年US$151,985Lease delivery robots
回收期3 個月
成本交叉年份已經Base-case year (earliest to latest across scenarios)

On these numbers the robot option is clearly cheaper.

美國 · USD · BLS OEWS May 2025 national medians by SOC occupation

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工作量
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Deliveries per day (meds, linens, specimens, meals).

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Operating hours per day.

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Every day.

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Months per year.

人員
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

BLS OEWS May 2025 national median hourly wage, SOC 31-1132.

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).

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Deliveries per porter-hour including waiting for lifts.

機器人
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Robot deliveries per hour relative to a porter (slower, but no breaks).

推算 Becker's Hospital Review via Aethon

Midpoint of $75,000-$140,000 purchase prices reported in 2015.

推算 The Wall Street Journal via Aethon

Midpoint of $1,500-$2,000/month lease reported in 2014-2015. Old figures: ask for a current quote.

假設

Lift and door interfaces, Wi-Fi survey, charging bays. Often the hardest part in older buildings.

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Yearly service contract share of price (owned).

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Useful life in years.

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Availability after charging.

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Runs lost to faults.

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Deliveries that stay human: STAT runs, patient-facing handovers, odd items.

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Staff minutes per robot-hour loading and unloading (beyond what a porter run also needs).

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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.

資金
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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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結果

方案每月每年Per unit (delivery)前期投入回收期Break-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
人工 Porter runs 比較基準 US$21,327US$255,923US$8.77— — — —
機器人 Buy delivery robots
Robots needed: 2
 US$14,398US$172,780US$5.92US$240,000 22 個月 31%
Utilisation 69%
 US$384,462
機器人 Lease delivery robots
Robots needed: 2
 US$12,665US$151,985US$5.21US$25,000 2.8 個月 21%
Utilisation 69%
 US$473,978

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: Lease delivery robots5-year NPV vs baseline: Lease delivery robotsWorkloadlow value: 30 → US$140,540high value: 300 → US$1,975,630Human output per hourlow value: 2 → US$723,468high value: 5 → US$291,648Work that stays humanlow value: 0.1 → US$665,862high value: 0.5 → US$368,402Hourly wagelow value: 14.728000000000002 → US$339,135high value: 22.092 → US$608,822Robot output vs a personlow value: 0.5 → US$326,255high value: 1.2 → US$594,406Supervisionlow value: 3 → US$523,846high value: 15 → US$324,374Employer on-cost multiplierlow value: 1.2790000000000001 → US$403,207high value: 1.579 → US$544,750Lease per robot per monthlow value: 1500 → US$498,638high value: 2500 → US$400,001Financing and discount ratelow value: 0.05 → US$512,975high value: 0.12 → US$427,772US$473,978low valuehigh valueSource: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/hospital-delivery/). 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 模型估算，並非事實。

Chart單位人工成本 (基準), 單位機器人成本 (基準), 單位機器人成本 (機器人進步快), 單位機器人成本 (機器人進步慢). Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/hospital-delivery/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.US$0.00US$2.50US$5.00US$7.50US$10.002026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / deliveryscenario range單位人工成本 (基準)單位機器人成本 (基準)單位機器人成本 (機器人進步快)單位機器人成本 (機器人進步慢)Source: Whirrwork Robot-or-Human model v1.0.0 (whirrwork.com/tools/robot-vs-human/hospital-delivery/). Modelled estimat…

成本交叉年份: 已經

What the spreadsheet misses

安全
Locked drawers with fingerprint access improve chain of custody for controlled drugs.
品質
One hospital reported delivery reliability up 23% (WSJ, 2014).
彈性
Porters also move patients, which these robots never do.
Edge cases
Busy lifts and corridors, old buildings without automated doors.
Customer experience
Staff get used to them quickly; patients barely notice.
Jobs and redeployment
Usually framed as freeing nurses from fetching; porter roles shift to patient transport.
法規
Medication handling rules; fire-door and lift integration needs facilities sign-off.

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  2. Tug robots leased for $1,500-$2,000 a month; University of Maryland Medical Center per-trip cost $2.40 by robot vs $5.50 by hand (WSJ, Feb 2014, reproduced by Aethon) The Wall Street Journal via Aethon, 2014-02-23
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