What a robot costs, and what it can do today.
Plain answers for hotels, care homes and buildings, with published prices and their sources. Where Cereal does something today, we say so; where it does not yet, we say that too.
Robot rounds vs a night guard: what each costs, and what each can do.
One night guard, 8 hours a night, costs about $6,000 to $12,000 a month at typical US billed rates. Patrol robot subscriptions run about $1,750 to $8,000 a month per robot. What each can do, and why a robot adds a record, not a responder.
Read the guide GuideHotel delivery and butler robots: what they do, what they cost, and what to check.
What a hotel delivery robot carries, what it needs (lifts, Wi-Fi, a locked compartment), what it costs to buy (about $12,000 to $30,000) or lease (about $1,000 to $2,000 a month), and how to work out whether it pays.
Read the guide GuideRobot dogs for building rounds: what they do well, where they stop, and what they cost.
What a four-legged robot can do on building rounds and inspections (stairs, thresholds, rough ground), what it cannot (doors, lifts, carrying), how it is supervised, and what one costs.
Read the guide GuideBox and parcel robots for buildings: what they move, where they stop, and what they cost.
What a box and parcel robot moves in a hotel, care home or office (parcels, linen, supplies), what it needs (lifts, a person to load it), what it cannot do (pallets, loading) and what one costs.
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