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機器人還是人工？

End-of-line palletizing

Packer stacking cases by hand vs Cobot palletizing cell

Whirrwork 模型估算，並非事實。 方法說明 · 預測紀錄

人工 · 每年US$78,952Hand stacking
機器人 · 每年US$31,287Buy a palletizing cell
回收期20 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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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.

人員
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).

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

機器人
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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).

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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.

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 (case)前期投入回收期Break-even utilisation5-year NPV vs baseline
人工 Hand stacking 比較基準 US$6,579US$78,952US$0.10— — — —
機器人 Buy a palletizing cell US$2,607US$31,287US$0.04US$104,750 20 個月 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. 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/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not a fact.US$0.00US$0.025US$0.05US$0.075US$0.102026202720282029203020312032203320342035USD / casescenario 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/palletizing/). Modelled estimate, not…

成本交叉年份: 已經

What the spreadsheet misses

安全
Repetitive lifting is a classic back-injury job; this is the strongest non-cost case on the list.
品質
Tidier, more stable pallets.
彈性
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.
法規
ISO 10218; area scanners for collaborative cells.

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