Buyer questions, answered plainly
delivery robots
I run concessions for a 50,000-seat arena, and runners can't keep up with suite and club-level orders between periods while fans wait at the concourse; could delivery robots carry those orders from the kitchen to suite doors without blocking concourse traffic?arena concessions director
I run a 12-acre wedding venue outside Austin, Texas, and caterers walk 400 feet of gravel path from the kitchen to the tent during every dinner service; could a delivery robot carry plated courses over that gravel without spilling sauce on the guests?wedding venue owner · Austin, TX
I run food service for a four-tower corporate campus where lunch orders leave one kitchen for four buildings, and the noon rush backs up at the kitchen door while runners cross the courtyard; could delivery robots carry those orders to lobby pickup?corporate food service manager
I'm the risk manager for a 300-bed hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, and delivery robots would run through public corridors with visitors and staff; if one clips someone, who carries the liability, and what should we ask insurers before we start?hospital risk manager · Greenville, SC
I run a 160-seat waterfront restaurant in Key West, Florida where runners carry food down a 300-foot dock to boat slips every evening; could a delivery robot take those orders down the dock safely, with guests on both sides?restaurant owner · Key West, FL
I run dining services for a 90-resident memory care wing, and aides carry meal trays down a long corridor while residents wait at their doors; could delivery robots carry those trays without startling residents or blocking the wheelchair path?assisted living dining director
I run a 310-room hotel in Orlando, Florida, and at 11 p.m. housekeeping is stretched between turndowns, so room-service trays and extra linens sit at the service elevator until someone walks them up; could a delivery robot carry those runs to floors 6 through 12 without blocking the housekeeping carts?hotel general manager · Orlando, FL- I run food service for a 2,000-student private school, and tray carts move from the kitchen across a loading zone to four cafeteria doors in a 20-minute window; could delivery robots take those carts between the kitchen and the doors without blocking drop-offs?school food service director
- I run lab courier operations for a 600-bed hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and two couriers spend every shift carrying specimens between the lab and two outpatient towers; could delivery robots take those runs on the skyway without tying up a driver?hospital courier supervisor · Salt Lake City, UT
- I run a 200-room desert resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, and pool and spa room service runs in 110-degree afternoons while guests wait; could a delivery robot carry those orders across hot pavers and uneven walkways without overheating or stalling?resort food and beverage director · Scottsdale, AZ
I run a four-building college campus where late-night meals from the dining hall reach residence halls cold, and our student workers keep quitting; could delivery robots carry those meals across the quad after 9 p.m.?campus dining director
I run a 14-room bed and breakfast on the coast where I cook breakfast, bake, and carry trays to the porch alone every morning; could a delivery robot carry trays from my kitchen to guests without tangling with the stairs or the porch chairs?bed and breakfast owner-operator
I run a 50-person dental lab, and couriers drive finished crowns and models between our bench and client offices across town every afternoon; could a delivery robot take those runs without tying up a driver?dental lab manager
I run a food truck park with fourteen trucks, and during the lunch rush orders stack up at the windows while runners cross the lot; could delivery robots carry orders from the windows to the picnic tables without tangling with guests?food truck park operator
I run a 75-bed hospice house where night aides carry linens and supplies up the hall while sitting with patients; could a delivery robot make those supply runs so the aides can stay with the people they are caring for?hospice administrator
Our water park's food counter sits a long walk from the wave pool and lazy river, and runners can't keep up on sunny weekends; how fast could delivery robots carry food orders from the counter to guests on lounge chairs?water park food service director
Our 27-hole club's halfway house runs out of food by noon while golfers wait on the cart paths, so could a delivery robot carry orders from the grill out to golfers on the course without tangling with the carts?golf club general manager
I run a regional hospital pharmacy where nurses wait on medication runs every night and our two techs spend their shift walking doses to the floors; could delivery robots carry those doses so the techs can fill more orders?hospital pharmacy director
Our state agency campus in Madison, Wisconsin spreads across nine buildings, and staff carry mail and paperwork between them by hand every day; could delivery robots run those routes during the lunch hour without anyone escorting them?state agency facilities director · Madison, WI
Our 600-seat performing arts center has volunteers hauling water and programs from the lobby to the upper gallery bar every intermission; could a delivery robot make those runs without blocking the aisles?performing arts center operations director
My assisted living community has only two overnight aides for forty residents, so could delivery robots carry linens and meal trays down the halls at 3 a.m. without a nurse watching every trip?assisted living administrator
Our fourteen-story office tower in Hartford, CT has 1,100 tenants and our two porters spend their shifts hauling packages up from the loading dock, so could delivery robots run parcels to the floors after 6 p.m.?office building property manager · Hartford, CT
Our 220-room hotel is short on bellhops and housekeepers, and I keep hearing competitors use delivery robots for room service, so how would one fit in with the staff we already have?hotel general manager
We run four restaurants in Miami, FL and I can't keep food runners on the Friday rush, so could delivery robots carry plates from the kitchen to the patio tables without slowing the line?restaurant group owner · Miami, FL
We run a 310-bed hospital in Omaha, NE and nurses lose hours of every shift walking linens and lab samples between wings, so could a delivery robot take those runs without adding runners on every floor?hospital nursing director · Omaha, NE
I manage a 400-unit senior apartment complex where residents carry groceries and prescriptions up three floors; ready to lease delivery robots, how do we set up elevator access and the first week?senior housing property manager
Our 30,000-student university has 40 buildings and faculty still hand-carry lab samples and mail between departments; could delivery robots run those routes without a student escort?university campus operations director
cleaning robots
I run custodial for a 300,000-square-foot art museum in Atlanta, Georgia, and galleries pick up footprints and dust every afternoon once crowds leave; could a cleaning robot work those marble galleries at closing without stopping for sculptures or stanchions?museum facilities manager · Atlanta, GA
I run the back-of-house floors at a 1,200-slot casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, and carpet, spilled drinks and chip dust build up by the high-limit pits between the 4 a.m. count and the morning crowd; could a cleaning robot work those aisles without disturbing the table games?casino facilities manager · Biloxi, MS
I run facilities for our 1,200-member church, and after Sunday services the fellowship hall and sanctuary aisles are sticky with coffee while our two volunteers can't finish before Monday; could a cleaning robot take those floors overnight?church facilities manager
Our 500,000-square-foot convention center has back-to-back shows and only a few hours between move-out and move-in; could cleaning robots turn the halls over fast enough to take on more events?convention center operations director
I run custodial for a 14-floor office building in Washington, DC, and the marble lobby and elevator halls get scuffed every afternoon while our crew is one person short; could a cleaning robot run those floors before the morning tenants arrive?building custodial supervisor · Washington, DC
I run three sushi restaurants in Denver, Colorado, and rice, oil and fish juice pool on the kitchen floors by close; could a cleaning robot finish those floors after the last ticket without splashing grease toward the dish pit?restaurant group operator · Denver, CO
Our peanut shelling plant in Dothan, Alabama runs dusty lines from August through November, and our two sweepers can't keep the mezzanine clear between runs; could a cleaning robot work those floors without stirring the dust back up?plant maintenance supervisor · Dothan, AL
Our farm supply store chain has 16 stores, and feed dust, salt-block grime and bag shreds build up on the sales floors every night while one closer is alone at each location; could a cleaning robot run those aisles after we lock up?farm supply store chain operator
Our 22-store grocery chain is weighing cleaning robots for the sales aisles, but what happens to our stores if the company servicing them goes under in year two?grocery chain operations director
I run a 14,000-square-foot gym where rubber floors and turf get chalk and sweat dust every night, and I have one closer who has to lock up by 11 p.m.; could a cleaning robot work the floor after the last class without hitting the squat racks?gym owner
I run a 60-room bathhouse hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas where mineral film turns the locker-room tile slick by morning; could a cleaning robot handle wet tile without leaving streaks or missing the drains?bathhouse hotel general manager · Hot Springs, AR
I manage an indoor mall, and the food court and center court get sticky and gritty after close, while our night crew of three covers sixty stores; could a cleaning robot work those floors after close without blocking carts or maintenance?mall property manager
I run a 90,000-square-foot indoor tennis club where clay and rubber grit get tracked from the courts into lobbies and locker corridors every night; could a cleaning robot sweep those floors after close without getting caught on the benches?racquet club general manager
I run a 14,000-square-foot laser tag arena, and fog-machine residue and spilled slushies coat the black-light floors every night while one closer is left alone; could a cleaning robot work the arena after the last game without snagging on the foam barriers?laser tag arena owner
I run five self-storage facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska, and our drive-up aisles and loading docks track in grit and wet leaves every night while one overnight person covers all five; could a cleaning robot work the aisles after close?self-storage operator · Lincoln, NE
Our county public works office in Nebraska must go through a formal procurement process to add equipment, so how do we lease cleaning robots for our courthouse and annex floors on a fixed-term lease?county facilities director · Nebraska
I run night custodial for a nine-building corporate campus, and our crew has gone from four people to one since spring; could a cleaning robot take the lobby and corridor floors after the last shift so that one person can cover all nine buildings?corporate campus facilities manager
Our 200-vendor public market hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gets produce juice and brine on the concrete every weekend, and crews scrub it Sunday night before Monday prep; could a cleaning robot run the hall after close without bumping into vendor carts?public market operations director · Pittsburgh, PA- Our regional airport has a 90-minute gap between the last arrival and the first departure, and our two custodians can't clear the gate rows and jet bridge floors in time; could a cleaning robot run those floors without rolling over carry-on bags?airport operations director
- Our winery crushes grapes for weeks each fall, and the crush pad and cellar floors come out sticky with juice and pomace every night while crews hose down past midnight; could a cleaning robot take that floor overnight?winery production manager
I run a 30-table billiards hall where sticky spills and chalk dust cover the floor by close, and our one closer is alone at 2 a.m.; could a cleaning robot work between the tables without catching cue sticks or bar stools?billiards hall owner
I run a 260-seat family buffet in Charlotte, North Carolina where syrup and crumbs make the dining floor sticky by close, and my two closers spend every night mopping it; could a cleaning robot finish the dining floor between close and the 6 a.m. breakfast crowd?family buffet restaurant owner · Charlotte, North Carolina
I run a 1,100-seat bingo hall on Chicago's southwest side and my floor crew is two people between sessions, with dropped daubers and spilled drinks slowing players; could a cleaning robot run the aisles between sessions without tripping anyone?bingo hall general manager · Chicago, IL
I run a funeral home in Cleveland, Ohio with two viewing rooms and a chapel, and our staff keep stepping away from families to mop before services; could a cleaning robot handle those floors overnight without disturbing a viewing?funeral home director · Cleveland, OH
We run 14 collision repair shops, paint-booth floors get overspray film by Friday, and we're ready to start a cleaning robot; what does the site survey need from us before the first install?collision repair chain operations director
I run custodial for a five-building county health department, and clinic lobbies and exam rooms have to be done before the 7:30 a.m. opening; could a cleaning robot run the lobby and hallway floors overnight without setting off the alarm?county custodial supervisor
I run a regional credit union with 22 branches, and the crews that clean lobbies and teller lines after close keep quitting; could a cleaning robot handle branch floors at close so tellers are not stuck mopping before the doors open?credit union facilities manager
I run a 40-truck ready-mix concrete yard in Des Moines, IA and drivers wait at dawn for the washout bays and batch apron to be cleared; could a cleaning robot wash and sweep the apron overnight so the first loads leave on time?ready-mix plant manager · Des Moines, IA
I run a six-chair dialysis clinic where one tech wipes chairs and floors between the morning and afternoon patients, so could a cleaning robot take the open floor between shifts without getting in anyone's way?dialysis clinic manager
I run a county license branch in Indiana where lines wrap the lobby by 8 a.m. and the tile is worn gray by noon; could a cleaning robot run the lobby floor before opening and during the lunch rush without blocking the counters?county license branch manager · Indiana
I run a 12-field indoor sports dome where rubber infill dust spreads across the turf every league night, and our crew is two people; could a cleaning robot vacuum the turf between games without kicking dust back into the air?indoor sports dome operator
I run three grocery stores around Kansas City, Missouri, and the sales aisles get sticky with spills and cart grime every night while our overnight crew is one person; could a cleaning robot work those aisles after close without blocking the restock carts?grocery store operations manager · Kansas City, MO
I manage 14 public restroom buildings across a regional park system, and each needs floors mopped every day while we're down two crew members; could a cleaning robot take those floors overnight?parks department facilities supervisor
I run custodial for a ferry terminal in Port Townsend, Washington where salt and wet boots leave the waiting room floors slick by the last sailing; could a cleaning robot handle those floors overnight without getting in the way of the first crossing crowd?ferry terminal custodial supervisor · Port Townsend, Washington
I run a 150-bed nursing home in Pueblo, Colorado with one night aide per wing, and families keep asking why the hallways are still sticky at 6 a.m.; could a cleaning robot take those hallways overnight so the aides can stay with residents?nursing home administrator · Pueblo, CO
I run a seven-lane indoor go-kart track in Riverside, CA where tire grit piles up on the concrete every night and our closers spend an hour sweeping it; could a cleaning robot clear it without blowing dust back into the pit?family entertainment center owner · Riverside, CA
I manage custodial for a semiconductor cleanroom bay in San Jose, California, and the gray epoxy floors need cleaning between shifts without shedding particles into the air; could a cleaning robot do that safely?cleanroom facilities manager · San Jose, CA
I run a 40-year-old roller rink in Spokane, WA where dust and wax build up on the maple floor every night and our two crew members can't finish before public skate; could a cleaning robot run the floor between sessions without damaging the seams between boards?roller rink owner · Spokane, WA
I run nine thrift stores across several counties, and donation drop bays and sales aisles get dusty and sticky after close while one closer is alone; could a cleaning robot run those floors after we lock up?thrift store chain operator
I run the automotive and welding training shops for a community college in Waco, Texas, and instructors keep stopping labs to sweep and mop between sessions; could a cleaning robot run those shops after hours so class starts clean?college trades department chair · Waco, TX
I run a water park with five slides where sunscreen and pool water make the deck boards slick by closing; could a cleaning robot finish the decks and slide landings after the last guest leaves so we open clean at 10 a.m.?water park general manager
I run a no-kill animal shelter with 120 kennels and two night volunteers who mop the runs after the 10 p.m. count, so could a cleaning robot clear the kennel floors without spooking the dogs?animal shelter director
I run a six-pool aquatic center and lifeguards are stuck mopping pool decks after the last lap swim when they should be watching swimmers; could a cleaning robot handle the decks and locker room floors after close?aquatic center facility manager
I run a six-level parking garage in Baltimore, MD where oil spots and gum build up on the ramps and stair landings every week, and our two day porters can't keep up; could a cleaning robot handle sloped ramps without blocking cars at rush hour?parking garage operations manager · Baltimore, MD
I run seven 24-hour car wash bays in three towns, and by morning the bay floors and vacuum islands are a mess because our one overnight attendant can't keep up; could cleaning robots handle that without customers lining up behind a wet floor?car wash chain operator
We run four childcare centers and staff keep leaving nap time to mop floors because nobody else is free; could a cleaning robot take those floors while the children sleep?childcare center director
Our community college gym has a maple floor that has to be dust-mopped before every game, and our three custodians are covering four buildings; could a cleaning robot handle hardwood without scuffing the finish?college facilities director
I run a 900-cow dairy where the alley scrape crew is down to one person and the feed alleys stay wet and manure-caked; could a cleaning robot scrape those alleys overnight without getting caught in the gates?dairy farm manager
After our 17-day state fair ends, the exhibit halls and arena floors are sticky with dust and food, and crews spend days resetting; could cleaning robots handle those halls between events so the next show opens on time?fairgrounds facilities manager
Our four-sheet ice rink runs public skate until midnight and our resurfacing crew is down to one driver; could a robot clean and smooth the ice between sessions so we don't have to cancel lessons?ice rink director
Our aircraft maintenance hangar has an overnight crew of three cleaning a 90,000-square-foot floor around parked jets, and grit ends up on the parts; could a cleaning robot run the hangar floor after the day shift leaves?aircraft maintenance hangar manager
I run a 24-lane indoor shooting range where lead dust settles on the lane floors and our staff are mopping it up after close; could a cleaning robot pick up fine lead residue without kicking it back into the air?shooting range manager
I run a 180-room resort on Kauai, Hawaii where salt spray and humidity coat the lobby terrazzo overnight; would a cleaning robot's sensors hold up in that air and still finish the floors before guests come down at 6 a.m.?resort general manager · Kauai, Hawaii
I run four 24-hour laundromats where lint, detergent and food spills pile up in the aisles overnight while one attendant per shift works the counter; could a cleaning robot work the aisles between the late crowd and the morning opening?laundromat chain owner
I run a 40,000-square-foot climbing gym in Milwaukee, WI where chalk dust settles on the rubber floor every night, and I'm wondering if a cleaning robot could vacuum between the last climber and opening without tangling in the crash pads?climbing gym owner · Milwaukee, WI
I manage a commuter rail station in Newark, New Jersey where platforms, stairwells and waiting rooms get grimy overnight, and our two night cleaners cover four levels; could a cleaning robot run the platform floors between last train and first train?commuter rail station manager · Newark, NJ
I run an 18-court pickleball complex that draws ten thousand visitors a month, and the courts get dusted and dragged by hand each morning; could a robot sweep them overnight without scratching the acrylic surface?sports complex manager
I run a poultry plant whose 2 a.m. sanitation shift is down to three people, and the wet process floors must be washed before the 6 a.m. start; could a cleaning robot handle those floors without anyone standing in the spray?poultry plant sanitation manager
We run 32 quick-lube bays across three states and we're ready to lease cleaning robots for the bay floors, so what does the first week look like from site survey through training our staff?multi-site operations director
I run a 90-room boutique hotel in Savannah, Georgia with one night clerk, and rain-soaked lobby tile and elevator thresholds go slick by 2 a.m.; could a floor cleaner work those areas while guests are still checking in?boutique hotel general manager · Savannah, GA
I run a 280-bed emergency shelter in Seattle, Washington with three overnight staff, and the dining hall and dorm floors get sticky after lights out; could a cleaning robot finish those floors between 2 and 5 a.m. without waking residents?emergency shelter director · Seattle, WA
I run a 300-acre theme park where maintenance crews wash ride queues and walkways after the 11 p.m. close; could cleaning robots finish those walkways so the park opens clean every morning?theme park facilities manager
I run a trampoline park with 140 jump beds and a snack bar, and staff spend every night mopping foam-pit edges and snack bar floors; could a cleaning robot take those floors while the park is closed?trampoline park owner
We run fourteen truck stops and we're ready to start this spring; how would cleaning robots fit around fuel deliveries and trucks idling at the pumps overnight without blocking the restroom doors?truck stop chain operations director
I manage a 1960s public housing high-rise with twelve floors of hallways, and our custodians only get through one floor a night; could a cleaning robot cover the other floors during off hours without residents feeling watched?public housing property manager
I run custodial for a 40-acre charter campus in Utah with two gyms and a commons, and we lost three people this spring; could a cleaning robot take the commons floors after the last bus leaves?school custodial supervisor · Utah
I run a 120-bed behavioral health center in Virginia where night staff get pulled off patient checks to mop hallways and common rooms; could a cleaning robot handle those floors overnight without bothering patients?behavioral health center administrator · Virginia
Our volunteer fire district runs three stations, and crews clean the apparatus bay floors between calls when they should be training; could a cleaning robot finish those bays overnight without getting in the way of the engines?volunteer fire district chief
I run a 140-room ski lodge in Whitefish, Montana where the dining room empties at 9 p.m. and our night crew drops to three during powder season; could cleaning robots finish those floors after close without guests tripping over them?ski lodge operations manager · Whitefish, MT
Our airport terminal runs from 5 a.m. to midnight and our overnight crew can't reach every gate, so could cleaning robots work around passengers without blocking the walkways?airport facilities director
Our four-building corporate campus in Atlanta, GA holds 2,200 employees and the restrooms and lobbies get swamped at lunch, so could cleaning robots handle midday touchups without staff having to dodge them?facilities director · Atlanta, GA
Our casino floor runs around the clock and the spills happen when guests are asleep, so how do I prove to our board that a cleaning robot can handle the floor and security?casino facilities director
I run facilities for a 2,500-member church with four Sunday services, and volunteers can't clean the fellowship hall between them, so could cleaning robots handle the carpet and tile while kids' classes are still upstairs?church facilities director
I run custodial for a school district in Columbus, OH with fourteen buildings, and we can't fill the overnight custodian openings, so could cleaning robots handle the classroom halls and cafeteria floors after the kids go home?school district custodial supervisor · Columbus, OH
Our convention center hosts trade shows with 30,000 visitors over four days, and I keep reading that robots can scrub halls between sessions, so what would the crew's day actually look like between sessions?convention center operations director
Our county facilities office has to lease cleaning robots through a formal bid process, so how do we write the specs for school campuses and what steps come after the award?county facilities director
Our office building in Washington, D.C. needs floors cleaned after 6 p.m. around staff working late, so who services a cleaning robot if it breaks mid-shift and how fast do they get there?office building manager · Washington, D.C.
I own a 24-hour gym in Denver, CO with two overnight staff for 6,000 square feet of rubber flooring and sweat, so could a cleaning robot finish those floors between 1 and 5 a.m. without members tripping over it?gym owner · Denver, CO
I run a 480-room downtown hotel in Denver, CO and housekeeping can't finish the corridors before check-in during convention weeks; could cleaning robots handle the hallway floors at 6 a.m. without pulling housekeepers off rooms?hotel general manager · Denver, CO
I run facilities for a 14-story insurance headquarters in Des Moines, IA and our overnight cleaning crew has shrunk from six people to two, so are cleaning robots something offices like ours actually run yet?corporate facilities manager · Des Moines, IA
My grocery chain has nine stores and our backroom floors are wet every night, so are there robots that can scrub after close without a supervisor watching?grocery chain operations director
I run a 24-lane bowling center in Henderson, NV and the approach gets oiled and dusted every night; will a cleaning robot cross the lanes without scratching them or leaving a film?bowling center owner · Henderson, NV
I run a 350-car dealership in Lexington, KY and we can't keep overnight detailers; could cleaning robots scrub the showroom and service floors before we open at 8 a.m.?auto dealership general manager · Lexington, KY
Our marina has fuel docks, boat wash bays and restroom buildings open all summer, and our two-person night crew can't keep up on weekends; could cleaning robots handle the dock boards and wash bays after closing?marina manager
We manage fourteen mixed-use buildings and the trash room and loading dock floors are sticky by Monday; could a cleaning robot keep them clean between weekend crews without staff babysitting it?property management company
I manage a 1.2-million-square-foot mall in Oregon and the food court and main walkways get sticky overnight, so are there cleaning robots that can handle big open floors without shutting any stores down?mall property manager · Oregon
I run facilities for twelve outpatient clinics and staff keep finding wet floors after the 6 a.m. opening; can a cleaning robot handle hard floors overnight without touching exam rooms?clinic network facilities director
I run a 30-store pharmacy chain and our leasing committee asks what happens to our floor robots if the service company goes under; how do the units get serviced?pharmacy chain operations director
My 16-screen cinema in Phoenix, AZ empties at midnight and our two closing staff can't mop the aisles before the next morning; could cleaning robots run the aisles after the last show?cinema general manager · Phoenix, AZ
I manage eleven apartment complexes around San Antonio, TX and my night janitors keep quitting after a few weeks, so could cleaning robots scrub the hallways and parking garages after dark?property management company operator · San Antonio, TX
We run seven medical office sites across the state and want the same cleaning setup at each, so how do we roll out one standard robot setup across all seven without retraining every site from scratch?medical group operations director
Our stadium empties fifty thousand fans in under three hours after a game and our concourse crew spends the whole night picking up cups and spills, so could cleaning robots run the concourses after the crowd leaves?stadium operations director
I run a janitorial company with 18 crews in Tampa, FL and I am turning down commercial bids because I cannot find enough night cleaners, so how would I add robots alongside the crews I already have?janitorial company owner · Tampa, FL
I run a 180-bus transit depot where mechanics are the bottleneck; could a robot vacuum and wash bus interiors overnight so mechanics can focus on repairs?transit depot maintenance manager
We operate a 900-space commuter lot in Tulsa, OK and clearing storm debris and grit takes two crews a full week, so could a robotic sweeper clear the lot overnight without chewing up the striping?parking operations manager · Tulsa, OK
I run facilities for a university with fourteen dining halls across three campuses and the kitchen floors are greasy when the morning crew arrives; could a cleaning robot finish them after the 10 p.m. close without students tripping over it?university facilities director
I own 40 walk-up buildings and a tenant bumped by a cleaning robot in a hallway is a real legal risk, so who carries the liability if one hits someone in a building I manage?residential property owner
autonomous mobile robots
Our 60-person fresh-cut flower distributor moves about 2,000 buckets a morning between the cooler and the dock; could autonomous mobile robots carry buckets while our crew keeps packing at the tables?floral distributor operations lead
We're a general contractor in Hartford, Connecticut building a four-story medical wing, and layout crews are snapping chalk lines on the deck by hand and falling behind schedule; how do we start autonomous mobile robots marking layouts on a live site?general contractor project superintendent · Hartford, CT
Our 55-person jerky and sausage plant turns away holiday gift-tin orders because smokehouse trays move from the cooler to the slicing room by hand; could autonomous mobile robots run those tray moves through the rush?meat snack plant owner
Our 650,000-square-foot furniture distribution center in Joliet, Illinois ships about 4,000 orders a week, and pick waves stall at 2 a.m.; how many autonomous mobile robots would we need to keep those waves moving?distribution center operations manager · Joliet, IL
I run a 300-bed hospital in Mobile, Alabama and I've only heard of robots carrying meals, so what kind would move sterile supply carts from our central store to the nursing floors?hospital materials management director · Mobile, AL- Our 85-person hydraulic hose shop in Rockford, Illinois keeps stopping assembly while hose spools wait by the crimp cells, and runners carry them by hand between the cutting bench and the crimpers; could autonomous mobile robots take those spool runs?shop floor supervisor · Rockford, IL
- I run a school district food warehouse with pallets of commodity food headed to kitchens across a 40-school district, and two loaders cover the pallet moves all morning; could autonomous mobile robots move those pallets to the loading doors?school district food services director
- Our 95-person uniform factory in Tupelo, Mississippi has cut bundles sitting by the sewing benches for hours, and sewers walk away from the line to fetch the next one; could autonomous mobile robots carry bundles from cutting to each station without blocking aisles?apparel plant production manager · Tupelo, MS
- Our wholesale bakery moves forty racks of bread trays from the ovens to the loading dock before every 5 a.m. truck, and carts block the packing aisles when two people push them; how would we start mobile robots on those rack moves without stopping the packers?bakery operations manager
- Our 300-acre apple orchard in Yakima, Washington loses picking days every September when crews don't show, and full bins sit in the rows; could autonomous mobile robots haul them from the rows to the packhouse?orchard owner · Yakima, WA
Our 90-acre blueberry farm relies on pickers hauling full flats by hand to the packing shed, and we can't staff every harvest day; could autonomous mobile robots carry full flats from the rows to the cooler?blueberry farm operations manager
I run a regional food distributor in Boise, Idaho with a 180,000-square-foot warehouse, and I'm scared the robots we lease now will be out of date in three years; what happens to our units when a newer model comes out?food distributor operations director · Boise, ID
I run a 110-person carpet tile plant where rolls get hand-carried between dye tanks and cutting tables and the carry crew is always behind; could autonomous mobile robots move rolls between those stations without blocking aisles?carpet tile plant operations manager
I run a 90-acre Christmas tree farm where my cutting and hauling crew is cut in half every December when seasonal workers leave; could autonomous mobile robots haul cut trees from the rows to the sales lot over frozen, uneven ground?Christmas tree farm owner
Our coffee roastery hauls 150-pound green coffee bags by hand from receiving to the roast room, and two of our loaders already have bad backs; could autonomous mobile robots carry those bags to the roasters without blocking the roast room door?coffee roastery owner
I run a 9-house mushroom farm outside Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and during peak flush we run short of pickers, so could autonomous mobile robots carry full harvest totes from the growing rooms to the cooler without anyone pushing carts through the beds?mushroom farm owner · Kennett Square, PA
Our 12-acre greenhouse tomato grower in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania hand-pushes harvest carts down every aisle before a 5 a.m. pick, and we lost two pickers this spring; could autonomous mobile robots move full carts to the packing door so the crew stays in the rows?greenhouse tomato grower operations manager · Lancaster County, PA
I run a 70-person blue crab picking and packing plant on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and peak season leaves us short of hands; could autonomous mobile robots move full totes from the picking tables to the cooler without blocking the crew?seafood plant owner · Maryland
Our 95,000-square-foot plumbing parts distributor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma pulls orders from shelves all day, and when two pickers are out the will-call counter backs up; could autonomous mobile robots carry picks from the shelves to the pack tables?distribution branch manager · Oklahoma City, OK
I run a packaged-ice plant where bagged ice piles up at summer peak and hand carts can't keep up on the freezer floor; could autonomous mobile robots move bags from the bagger to the freezer doors?packaged ice plant operator
I run a 120,000-square-foot electronics distributor in Seattle, Washington, and afternoon orders pile up because pickers walk every aisle to fill each wave; could autonomous mobile robots carry totes from the shelves to our pack tables?electronics distributor warehouse manager · Seattle, WA
I run a 160-person stamped metal parts plant where carts of bins move from presses to racks on all three shifts, and presses sit waiting on those moves; could autonomous mobile robots take those runs so we stop losing ground to rivals?stamping plant operations director
I run a materials recovery facility in Akron, Ohio where sorters keep quitting faster than we can replace them, and bales pile up on the tip floor until the next shift; could autonomous mobile robots haul bales to the baler without blocking the tip floor?recycling facility operations manager · Akron, OH
I run eleven auto parts stores spread across three counties, and by Saturday 10 a.m. the shelves are bare because two stockers are alone on the back dock; could mobile robots move cases from the dock to the floor before the weekend crowd?auto parts store chain operator
Our paper mill in Berlin, New Hampshire has finished rolls sitting two days in the yard because only two stackers know the routes, and the trucks keep waiting; could autonomous mobile robots move rolls to the truck bays?paper mill operations manager · Berlin, NH
Our rice mill in Crowley, Louisiana runs around the clock through harvest with trucks queued overnight, and our haulers can't keep up; could autonomous mobile robots move sacks from the dump pit to storage bins without blocking the scale lanes?rice mill operations manager · Crowley, LA
I run a frozen food cross-dock in Indianapolis, Indiana that lost a major account this year over slow outbound picks, and I'm scared the next customer won't wait; how soon could autonomous mobile robots carry totes to the outbound doors?cross-dock operations manager · Indianapolis, IN
Our indoor leafy greens farm packs trays all weekend and the crew can't fill both packing lines on Saturdays; could autonomous mobile robots shuttle grow trays from the racks to packing without a dedicated driver?indoor farm operations manager
Our 50-acre plant nursery moves thousands of potted shrubs a day and every spring rush pulls our forklift drivers off the yard; could autonomous mobile robots shuttle pots from the growing beds to the loading docks?plant nursery owner
Our distribution yard backs up to a neighborhood, and the night crew worries that mobile robots beeping at 4 a.m. will bring complaints; would they run quietly enough overnight to keep the neighbors happy?distribution yard manager
I run a 70-person water bottling plant in Sparks, Nevada, and during heat waves we lose bottlers and cases stop moving at the filler; could mobile robots carry cases from the filler to pallet staging on the midnight shift?bottling plant manager · Sparks, NV
I run a 160-person valve plant in Toledo, Ohio that promises 48-hour shipping, but carts take a full shift to reach the test bench and I'm short two material handlers; could mobile robots keep that promise without rebuilding the crew?valve plant operations manager · Toledo, OH
Our pet food plant in Wichita, Kansas runs bagging lines around the clock and our night forklift crew is down to two, so could autonomous mobile robots carry filled bags from the bagging line to the warehouse so the night shift only has to watch the lines?pet food plant operations manager · Wichita, KS
Our bakery runs three shifts and our pallet runners keep quitting, so could autonomous mobile robots move trays between the ovens and packing without us shutting down for a week?bakery plant manager
I run a 300,000-square-foot distribution center in Cincinnati, OH and my night shift is four pickers short for three months, so could autonomous mobile robots carry totes to the pack line before the morning trucks arrive?distribution center operations manager · Cincinnati, OH
Our 180,000-square-foot cross-dock in Detroit, MI gets sixty inbound return trailers a night and sorting is all manual; could autonomous mobile robots shuttle returns to sorting lanes, and how fast could we start?cross-dock operations manager · Detroit, MI
Three competitors near us already run robots in their warehouses while our crews still push carts by hand, so how fast could a mid-size distributor catch up without tearing up the floor?mid-size distributor owner
We run 22 home improvement stores and our freight elevators jam every Saturday when backroom pallets stack up; could autonomous mobile robots move pallets from the dock to the sales floor without blocking aisles, and how fast can we start?home improvement store operations manager
Our hospital's sterile processing team sends surgical trays up three floors by cart all night with only two techs on shift, so could autonomous mobile robots shuttle those trays without blocking the clean corridors?hospital sterile processing manager
Our Jacksonville, FL warehouse is 250,000 square feet with inbound trucks stacking up at dawn, so should we start with a pilot aisle or convert the whole building at once?distribution center operations director · Jacksonville, FL
Our 220-bed hospital in Los Angeles, CA sends linen carts through three basement tunnels by hand every night and our night crew is down to four; we're ready to start, so could autonomous mobile robots run those tunnel routes without blocking the loading area?hospital linen services director · Los Angeles, CA
Our 50-person meat processing plant lost six people from second shift this year, and our two biggest buyers just asked about shorter lead times, so could mobile robots carry boxes from the cooler to the pack line?meat processing plant manager
We run six self-storage sites in Missouri and most break-ins happen between midnight and five, so would a robot patrolling the drive lanes actually deter anyone or just log footage?self-storage operator · Missouri
I manage twelve parking garages across Arizona and the booths are empty overnight, so could a patrol robot circle the decks and report theft or vandalism as it happens?parking garage operator
Our 180,000-square-foot warehouse in Philadelphia, PA runs short of pickers every holiday season from November through January, so could autonomous mobile robots carry totes to the pack line without us training a new crew each year?warehouse operations manager · Philadelphia, PA
I run a 90-person seafood plant in Portland, ME and we lose half our line every spring when the fishing season opens; could mobile robots carry totes so the line keeps moving?seafood plant operations manager · Portland, ME
My public library in Richmond, VA has three floors of stacks and our reshelving aides keep cutting shifts short; could autonomous mobile robots carry returned books from the carts to the sorting room?public library operations manager · Richmond, VA
autonomous forklifts
Our 120-person aluminum extrusion plant moves hot billets from furnace to press by forklift on every shift, and drivers are pulled off press support whenever a load is late; could autonomous forklifts run billet moves without a driver near the furnaces?extrusion plant operations manager
I run a 15-acre rebar fabrication yard in Birmingham, Alabama, and cut bundles sit on the yard pads overnight until the morning crew forks them to the cages; I'm ready to start, so how do we begin running autonomous forklifts on those yard moves?rebar fabrication yard manager · Birmingham, AL
Our salt and ice-melt distributor in Duluth, Minnesota stacks 50-pound bags on pallets in a rush from October to March, then the yard goes quiet; could autonomous forklifts run that staging just during the season?distribution yard supervisor · Duluth, MN
Our 160,000-square-foot frozen seafood warehouse receives most trucks after 11 p.m., and our two overnight loaders can't stage pallets fast enough; could autonomous forklifts run staging in freezer temperatures?cold storage warehouse manager
I run a 150,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, and our fire marshal wants to know how autonomous forklifts will charge overnight and where the batteries sit before we add them; what should we have ready for that review?cold storage operations director · Little Rock, AR
I run a 60-person craft brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and two forklift drivers are stretched across filling and loading; how would we start autonomous forklifts on keg moves from the cooler to the dock without a driver on every shift?brewery operations manager · Milwaukee, WI
Our 130-person injection molding plant in Muncie, Indiana runs resin gaylords to the presses on every shift, and when one forklift driver is out the presses sit idle for hours; could autonomous forklifts cover resin runs during those driver gaps?plant manager · Muncie, IN
I run a 90,000-square-foot appliance parts warehouse in central Ohio, and one forklift driver covers every overnight trailer, so pallets sit at the dock until morning; could autonomous forklifts move those overnight pallets to staging?warehouse operations manager · Ohio- I run distribution for a produce company, and when late container ships land after dark, pallets wait at the cold room dock until our two drivers can clear them before the 5 a.m. loads; could autonomous forklifts stage those pallets?produce distribution manager
- My board wants a real trial before we commit, so how do I run a 60-day pilot of autonomous forklifts in our 110,000-square-foot cabinet hardware warehouse in Reading, Pennsylvania without disrupting outbound trucks?distribution center general manager · Reading, PA
- Our 210,000-square-foot tire wholesaler has pickers and forklifts sharing the same narrow aisles at dawn, and our insurer has flagged two near-misses this year; could autonomous forklifts take the pallet put-away while drivers stay on the dock?warehouse operations manager
I manage a 20-acre cotton gin and bale yard where forklifts only run from August to December, and I'm not sure a robot is worth it for one season; could autonomous forklifts pull and stage bales during harvest alone?cotton gin manager
I run a 200-person propane cylinder filling plant in Enid, Oklahoma, and our forklift drivers are burning out on night shift because cylinders stack up at the fill line; could autonomous forklifts run that night staging without a driver on each shift?propane plant operations manager · Enid, OK
I run a 60,000-square-foot fertilizer blending plant outside Houston, TX and our night shift is down to two loaders, so could autonomous forklifts move bagged product from the blending line to staging racks while we stay short-handed?blending plant operations manager · Houston, TX
Our bagged mulch and soil yard in Lakeland, Florida stacks pallets outdoors through summer heat, and two of our forklift drivers quit every July; how would we start autonomous forklifts on those yard stacks before next summer?landscape supply yard manager · Lakeland, Florida
Our 110,000-square-foot stone slab warehouse in Ogden, Utah has two forklift drivers pulling heavy slabs from racks all day, and our sales staff walk the same aisles to show clients; could autonomous forklifts stage slabs without crossing customer paths?stone distributor warehouse manager · Ogden, UT
I run a 180,000-square-foot paper goods warehouse and I'm ready to start; how do I get autonomous forklifts moving pallets from the dock to the racks, and what happens between the site visit and the first real load?warehouse general manager
Our farm equipment parts warehouse in Peoria, Illinois goes from 200 to 500 orders a day between February and May, and we can't hire enough seasonal drivers; could autonomous forklifts run the staging lanes during that surge?warehouse operations manager · Peoria, IL
I run a 60,000-square-foot retail fixture warehouse where oversized display pallets sit on the floor, and two drivers move them alone every shift; could autonomous forklifts take those moves while we're short-handed?fixture warehouse operations manager
Our brick plant moves kiln cars across a dusty yard all day, and our forklift drivers are wearing out from the grit; could autonomous forklifts take those runs while drivers work the stacking?brick plant production manager
We are finalizing a 60-day pilot for a 22-acre distribution yard in Dallas, Texas, and the vendor wants a signed lease before install; how do we structure the financing and training so we can still stop if the first two weeks miss targets?distribution yard operations director · Dallas, TX
Our hardwood flooring distributor stacks 6-foot bundles by hand and the crew shrinks every winter; could autonomous forklifts run the bundle stacking so the day crew only handles the truck doors?flooring distributor warehouse manager
I run a chemical drum warehouse in Houston, TX where pallets of flammable drums sit in a rated bay, and our drivers are nervous about fumes; would autonomous forklifts be approved to run that aisle or only the dry-goods side?warehouse operations manager · Houston, TX
Our steel service center in Kansas City, Missouri cuts and ships coils around the clock, and we're two forklift drivers short on nights; how soon could autonomous forklifts move coils from the saw line to the truck doors before the morning haul?steel service center general manager · Kansas City, MO
Our appliance distribution center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee ships forty outbound trailers a night and our reach-truck drivers are short every weekend; could autonomous forklifts run the staging lanes while the dock crew covers the doors?appliance distribution center manager · Murfreesboro, TN
I manage a Riverside, California citrus packhouse, and during the three-month harvest we run short of forklift drivers while bin trucks wait in the yard overnight; could autonomous forklifts pull and stage bins before the harvest trucks arrive?packhouse operations manager · Riverside, CA
Our brewery runs the canning line through the night and the cold cellar pallet staging sits idle until the day crew arrives, so could autonomous forklifts pre-stage pallets so the morning shift starts loaded?brewery production manager
Our distillery rickhouse stacks barrels eight floors high, and the heat and dark make manual forklift runs slow and risky; are autonomous forklifts built for barrel warehouses?distillery operations manager
I run a 60-door freight terminal where dock workers are retiring faster than we can hire; could autonomous forklifts handle the 5 a.m. trailer surge and still work the sloped dock apron?freight terminal manager
Our Louisville, KY plant runs three shifts and our forklift drivers keep leaving faster than we can train replacements, so how quickly could autonomous forklifts take over the night pallet moves?plant operations manager · Louisville, KY
Our lumberyard pushes about 200 trucks a week through three loading docks, and we're ready to start with two autonomous forklifts this quarter; what do we need from our yard for install, charging and training?lumberyard owner
Our air cargo building in Memphis, TN gets freighters at 2 a.m. and we are two drivers short on the pallet crew; could autonomous forklifts pull loads from the staging area and have them ready before sunrise?air cargo handling manager · Memphis, TN
We run a cheese plant in Wisconsin with 120 workers on three shifts and move about 400 pallets a shift, so could autonomous forklifts run the cold-storage aisles without a driver on every shift?cheese plant operations manager · Wisconsin
cobots
I run a bicycle wheel shop where builders hand-lace every wheel, and rush builds are getting turned away because lacing takes the most hand time; could a cobot do the lacing while builders true and check each wheel?wheel shop owner
I run a 45-person pickle and relish plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and our packers still scoop peppers and brine into jars by hand every shift while we lose people faster than we can train replacements; could one cobot start filling jars on our line this season?plant manager at a pickle and relish plant · Cincinnati, OH
Our 25-person CNC machine shop has machinists who have never worked beside a robot, and our owner wants them trained before the first cobot arrives; what does crew training look like?machine shop owner
Our 200-person corrugated box plant hand-feeds blanks into the die-cutter on night shift, and feeders are getting cut hands while the press stops for jams; could a cobot feed blanks and clear jams without stopping the press?corrugated plant operations manager
Our 20-person lotion and cosmetic tube plant hand-caps tubes at the filler and the capping hands cramp by lunch; could a cobot cap tubes at the filler without a full line overhaul?plant manager
Two rival bakeries across town in Dayton, Ohio already run cobots on their pan-loading lines, and my bakery crew still lifts 40-pound pans by hand at 3 a.m.; could a cobot start loading pans on one oven line this season?bakery production manager · Dayton, OH
Our 40-person diagnostic test kit plant hand-fills and caps sample vials on a bench line, and quality holds keep finding misfills late in the day; could a cobot fill and cap vials so bench techs only inspect?diagnostic kit plant manager
Our 70-person plastic cap molding plant in Erie, Pennsylvania has two rival shops across the county already running cobots at trim, and we keep turning rush orders away; could one cobot start trimming caps on our line soon enough to stop falling behind?plastics plant production manager · Erie, PA
Our 45-person fresh pasta plant in Columbus, Ohio turns down weekend grocery orders because bagging cut pasta by hand can't keep up with the slicer, and our packers are burning out; how soon could a cobot take the bagging so packers only seal and check?pasta plant owner · Columbus, OH
Our 25-person gutter and flashing shop bends seams and folds drip edge by hand, and our two seamers are complaining of wrist pain before lunch; could a cobot hold and fold the metal so the seamers only load and check?sheet metal shop owner
I run a three-location compounding pharmacy in Louisville, Kentucky where techs weigh and cap syringes by hand all day, and the capping step slows every batch; could a cobot handle capping without a full cleanroom rebuild?compounding pharmacy owner · Louisville, KY
Our 40-person cheese plant in Madison, Wisconsin hand-wraps each block at a bench, and wrappers' wrists are giving out by midweek while holiday orders climb; could a cobot take the wrap while operators load and check?dairy plant production lead · Madison, WI
Our 30-person optical lab hand-loads lenses into edger trays all shift, and the operators are getting finger and wrist strain; how soon could a cobot load and unload the trays so operators only check the fit?optical lab manager
I run a 40-person orthodontic appliance lab where technicians bend wire by hand at the bench for eight hours a day, and hand fatigue is slowing everyone down; could a cobot bend and hold wire forms so techs can focus on fitting?orthodontic lab owner- Our 50-person paint can plant seals lids by hand all shift, and our sealers' elbows are giving out while summer orders stack up; could a cobot seat each lid so sealers only check the crimp?paint can plant production manager
- Our 40-person vitamin gummy plant hand-loads gummies into pouches on three packing tables, and the packers' shoulders are giving out by midweek; could a cobot load the pouches so the packers only seal and check?supplement plant operations manager
I run a 60-person boat trailer frame shop in Baton Rouge, LA where welders lift and fit heavy members all shift and lose arc time to handling; could a cobot hold and position frame members so welders stay on the torch?trailer frame shop manager · Baton Rouge, LA
I run a 45-person contract packaging shop where blister cards are packed into cartons by hand all shift, and rush orders keep piling up behind the packing tables; how soon could a cobot take the carton loading so the shop catches up?contract packaging shop owner
Our 28-person custom sign shop has operators weeding vinyl by hand at the bench every afternoon, and rush jobs keep stacking up behind them; could a cobot take the weeding while the crew handles design and install?sign shop owner
Our 30-person e-bike assembly shop hand-tightens about forty bolts per frame, and our assemblers are tired of it; could a cobot run that torque pass without slowing the line?e-bike assembly shop owner
Our egg packing shed hand-loads cartons at the candling line through the spring flush, and we can't find enough packers before the big contract starts; how soon could a cobot load cartons at that line?egg packing shed operations manager
Our frozen pizza line in Fargo, North Dakota runs through winter shifts, and sauce-station workers keep leaving with wrist pain faster than we can train replacements; could a cobot take the sauce spreading without slowing the belt?frozen pizza plant operations manager · Fargo, ND
Our 35-person gear shop has operators holding small gears against a deburring wheel all shift, and hand-arm vibration is sending people to the nurse; could a cobot hold and turn each gear so the operator only loads and checks?gear manufacturing plant manager
Our 45 assemblers hand-press every fitting onto the housings in our Houston, Texas plant, and lead times keep slipping on rush orders; could a cobot start on one line now without a long shutdown?manufacturing plant owner · Houston, TX
I run a frozen potato line in Idaho where packers quit every harvest season and cases stack up at the end of the line; could a cobot stack cases while the crew handles bag checks and labels?frozen food plant production manager · Idaho
Our 35-person motor rewind shop hand-winds copper coils, and winders' wrists are giving out; could a cobot feed wire through the winding head so operators only load and check?motor rewind shop owner
I run a 55-person jewelry casting and polishing shop in Providence, RI where hand buffing is wearing out wrists and every piece has to match the finish our customers approve; could a cobot take the buffing pass without changing that finish?jewelry manufacturer owner · Providence, RI
I run a 50-person tire retread plant in Reno, Nevada where buffers lift heavy green casings all shift, and two of them are on light duty with shoulder injuries; could a cobot take the casing handling so buffers only inspect the bead?tire retread plant manager · Reno, Nevada
I run a 30-person sawmill grading station where graders lift and stack green boards all shift and the line slows at every shift change; could a cobot stack boards at the grading station without slowing the saw?sawmill general manager
Our 30-person screen printing shop has a carousel press where operators pull hot platens off by hand all shift, and rush orders keep piling up behind them; could a cobot take the platen removal without slowing the press?screen printing shop production manager
Our 12-person small-batch soap and candle company hand-labels every jar, and I'm wondering whether a cobot could apply labels on a line this small or whether they only fit big plants?small-batch cosmetics maker
Our 60-person tortilla factory watched two rivals add cobots to their packing lines, and my packers are still hand-stacking every case; could a cobot start stacking on one line before the holiday orders come in?tortilla plant owner
I run a 90-person wire harness shop where crimp operators repeat the same reach thousands of times a shift and our hand injuries are climbing; could a cobot feed the crimp station safely beside our operators?wire harness plant manager
Our pharmaceutical packaging plant in Albany, New York runs cartoners by hand on two shifts, and we can't hire enough packers for the new contract; could a cobot load cartons and keep the line running on the night shift?packaging plant manager · Albany, NY
Our boat builder grinds fiberglass hulls by hand all day and the dust is making people quit, so could a cobot follow the curves of a hull without gouging the gel coat?boatyard production manager
I run a 75-person cabinet shop where saw operators are burning out lifting panels, and I need a cobot running panel handling before the next big order; how fast can you get it on the saw line and who trains my operators?cabinet shop owner
Our 40-person candy plant has three wrappers quit this spring, and the boxing station stops every time someone takes a break; could a cobot pack finished pieces into cases so the line keeps moving at lunch?candy plant production supervisor
Our commissary kitchen makes food for six restaurants and the dish crew is the bottleneck every morning; could a cobot load and unload dish racks so the line never waits on washing?commissary kitchen operator
I run a 120-person RV body plant in Elkhart, Indiana where workers apply sealant overhead all day, and I keep hearing rival plants run cobots at the same station; could a cobot take that station without slowing the line?RV body plant production manager · Elkhart, IN
Our foundry has grinders breathing silica dust every shift and our safety manager keeps asking what we can do, so could a cobot take the casting grinding and still hit the finish our customers expect?foundry plant manager
Our spinning mill in Gastonia, North Carolina runs three shifts and our doffers are hauling heavy bobbins by hand until their backs give out, so could a cobot take the doffing without slowing the frames?textile mill plant manager · Gastonia, NC
I run an office furniture plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan and our finish sanders are burning out on the same fine sanding every shift; would a cobot take that job and still match the finish our customers expect?office furniture plant production manager · Grand Rapids, MI
Our 25-person hot sauce plant bottles and caps by hand and we keep hearing rival plants run cobots; could one set caps on bottles at the end of the line, and does that work on a line this small?small sauce plant owner
Our 80-person mattress plant wraps foam cores by hand at one station, and the wrapping motion is wearing out shoulders faster than we can rotate people; could a cobot take the wrap station without slowing the line?plant safety manager
Our medical supply distribution warehouse kits procedure packs by hand before dawn, and two of our five kitters just quit; could a cobot pick and place the kit items without a programmer living on site?distribution warehouse operations director
Our pallet plant turns away truck pallet orders because the nailing lines stop whenever our one board feeder is out sick; could a cobot take the board feeding so the lines keep running?pallet plant owner
Our 30-person wood pellet plant hand-lifts 40-pound bags onto pallets every shift, and two of our lifters already have bad backs; could a cobot take the bag lifting, and how fast could we get it running on the line?wood pellet plant manager
I run a 55-person sheet metal shop and we turn away rush jobs because the press brake sits idle at lunch and every shift change; could a cobot load and unload the brake so it keeps running while the crew eats?sheet metal fabrication shop owner
Our tile plant has glaze spray booths running two shifts and the sprayers keep coughing from the mist, so could a cobot take the spray pass without anyone standing inside the booth?tile plant operations manager
I run two diners in a small town and my only prep cook just quit, so could a cobot portion hash browns and bag cut salads for our morning shift before the first customers walk in?independent diner owner
I run a 90-person metal stamping shop in Birmingham, AL and my welders are burning out on repetitive press loading, so how would a cobot be programmed and running on second shift?metal stamping shop owner · Birmingham, AL
Our 60-person fabrication shop packs finished brackets into totes at the end of the line, and our packers keep retiring faster than we can hire, so could a cobot palletize and count parts on weekend shifts?fabrication shop owner
I run a 200-person fruit packing plant where seasonal crews only stay six weeks, so could cobots take the repetitive sorting without an engineer on staff?packing plant general manager
Our machine shop has run the same welding cells for fifteen years, and I'm scared a cobot I bring in now will be outdated in three years, so how do you keep it useful?machine shop owner
We run a 70-person plastics molding plant in Maryland and inspectors reach into the presses to clear jams, so would a cobot slow down or stop safely whenever a person's hand gets close?plant safety manager · Maryland
Our 150-person precast concrete plant ties rebar mesh by hand and tiers keep getting hurt every winter; could a cobot take the repetitive tying and still work safely beside our crew?precast plant manager
Our 70-person printing company watched two competitors automate their folding lines and I'm scared our hand folders will be behind in a year; could a cobot start on one line this winter?printing company owner
I run a 45-person electronics assembly shop in San Jose, CA where one operator call-out idles both lines; I'm ready to lease a cobot for screw driving and need the install checklist before next week.electronics assembly shop owner · San Jose, CA
robotic lawn mowers
I run a 40-acre pumpkin and corn maze farm, and our maze lanes grow shaggy in September, so visitors get lost on busy weekends; could robotic mowers keep those lanes cut between weekends?agritourism farm owner
I manage grounds for a 60-acre data center campus where a two-person crew mows fence lines and retention berms, and the marker posts for buried fiber keep getting clipped; could robotic mowers handle that perimeter without hitting those markers?data center grounds manager
I run grounds at a rural gas peaker plant, and mowing the fenced yard around transformers and gas skids takes two crew members a day all summer; could robotic mowers handle that yard without a rider working near energized equipment?power plant grounds supervisor
I run a 40-acre public golf course, and mower batteries and irrigation parts keep disappearing from our maintenance shed at night; would robotic mowers left on the fairways overnight just invite more theft?golf course superintendent
Our 18-acre hospital campus has helipad berms and retention swales that the grounds crew can't reach safely on a riding mower; could robotic mowers handle those steep slopes without tipping or leaving ruts?hospital grounds manager
Our intermodal rail yard has weedy strips along the tracks and around fuel islands that crews can't reach with riding mowers between train moves; could robotic mowers work those strips without damaging ballast or the signal boxes?rail yard maintenance supervisor
Our state highway crew can only mow interstate medians during daytime lane closures, and the grass seeds before they catch up; could robotic mowers work the flat medians overnight without a crew on the shoulder?state highway maintenance supervisor
We manage 38 apartment communities across several states and want mowing robots on every site, but how do we roll out in waves so our crews still cover the sites we haven't reached yet?property portfolio operations director- Our 25-acre truck terminal has grass islands and drainage strips around trailer parking that the crew can't reach between dock rushes, and mower wheels keep catching on tire stops; could robotic mowers handle those islands around the stops and light poles?terminal facilities manager
- Our 55-acre veterans ranch has steep cedar-lined slopes and pasture edges where riding mowers can't work safely, and our volunteer crew is stretched thin; could robotic mowers handle those slopes and edges?ranch operations director
I run grounds for a 14-building public housing authority in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and our two-person crew can't keep the open lawns between buildings cut during monsoon season; which mowing robots fit around the xeriscape beds and walkways?public housing grounds supervisor · Albuquerque, NM
I manage 22 apartment communities, and summer growth on our retention pond berms is outrunning a two-person crew; could robotic mowers handle steep berm edges without rutting the banks after a heavy rain?multifamily property maintenance director
I manage grounds for a 60-acre general aviation airport in Boulder, Colorado where runway safety strips and light-fixture edges get mowed every two weeks; could robotic mowers cut those strips without clipping the light fixtures or the signs?airport grounds maintenance supervisor · Boulder, Colorado
I run a 180-kid summer camp on a lake in Greenville, SC where counselors spend every free hour mowing the beach strip and cabin paths; could robotic mowers take those lawns around docks and campfire rings?summer camp director · Greenville, SC
I manage a half-mile harness racetrack where the infield turf gets clipped in patches by a crew of two, and the rail edges and timing posts slow every cut; could robotic mowers keep the infield neat around the posts and gate hardware?racetrack grounds manager
Our 250-acre hunting preserve has food plots and firebreaks that need mowing every few weeks, and our one caretaker works alone; could robotic mowers handle the firebreaks without tearing up the food plots?hunting preserve manager
Our 14-acre retail shopping center has landscaped islands and berms that the crew can't keep up with between April and October; could robotic mowers handle those islands around light poles, planters and curbs?property manager for a retail center
I run a 48-acre sod farm where two mowers can't keep up with field edges and drainage swales before the spring cut, and wet ground leaves ruts; could robotic mowers handle those edges without churning the soil?sod farm owner
We manage 14 townhome common-area sites across an HOA portfolio and we're ready to start mowing robots next spring; what does a site survey need from us before the first install?HOA property management director
I run grounds for a 200-bed veterans home with about 30 acres of memorial lawns, and our crew is two people in summer; could robotic mowers handle the flag and monument areas without clipping the flagpole bases or plinths?veterans home grounds supervisor
I manage a 22-campsite state park in West Virginia, and our crew mows around cabins, picnic shelters and trail edges by hand through peak summer visits; could robotic mowers take the open lawns and leave the trail edges alone?state park maintenance supervisor · West Virginia
I manage a 30-acre cemetery with headstones every few feet, and my mowing crew drops to three people every May; could robotic mowers work around the markers without knocking them over?cemetery grounds superintendent
Our Charleston, SC apartment grounds have live oaks whose roots heave the turf every spring, and our two groundskeepers are already stretched thin by May; could robotic mowers work around the root flares without scalping the lawn?apartment community grounds manager · Charleston, SC
I manage vegetation on a 300-acre solar site, and crews can't mow between the tracker rows in spring without snagging cables; could robotic mowers handle those rows around the trackers and cable trays?solar site operations manager
Our Wyoming highway crews mow 40 rest areas and ditch slopes by tractor, and they only reach half before the grass seeds out; could robotic mowers take the rest-area lawns and the gentler ditch slopes?state highway maintenance supervisor · Wyoming
I oversee parks maintenance for nine athletic complexes with ponds and sprinkler heads everywhere, and I'm ready to lease robotic mowers for spring; how do you set boundaries around fields, water and sprinklers before install?parks maintenance supervisor
My university housing office in Austin, TX oversees 22 buildings and our grounds crew can't keep up, so could robotic mowers handle the quads and who fixes one when it stops?university housing director · Austin, TX
I run a 30-acre coffee farm on the Big Island with steep terraces and heavy rain, and I'm ready to lease mowers for the hillside strips; how do you survey the slope and set boundaries before install?coffee farm owner · Hawaii
I run a 40-acre corporate campus outside Knoxville, TN with steep hills, big oaks and spotty cell signal, so will robotic lawn mowers actually cut the slopes or just get stuck?corporate campus facilities manager · Knoxville, TN
I superintend a 27-hole course in Tennessee and my mower crew is down to three people, so could robotic mowers take the roughs and leave the greens to my remaining crew?golf course superintendent · Tennessee
I run public works for a small town in Vermont with 35 acres of ballfields, a cemetery and roadside, and our two-person mowing crew can't keep up in June, so would robotic mowers handle the steep hillsides?town public works director · Vermont
drones
I manage 14 miles of perimeter fence at a 3,000-acre regional airport in Amarillo, Texas, and crews walk the fence after every storm to find cuts and lifted fabric; could drones fly the perimeter within a day and flag breaches before the morning shift?airport operations manager · Amarillo, TX
I manage a 180-megawatt solar farm outside Bakersfield, California, and our two techs walk the modules every week after dust storms, missing hot cells and cracked glass; could drones fly the array and flag bad panels before the next heat wave?solar farm operations manager · Bakersfield, CA
I manage a 900-acre cattle ranch in canyon country where the rims erode and our radio signal drops out in the drainages; could drones still fly the rims and send back clear footage?ranch manager
I run a 12,000-acre cattle ranch, and after every blizzard we ride miles of fence to find downed wire and drifted cattle; could drones spot the downed wire and stranded animals from above so riders go straight to the breaks?cattle ranch manager
Our 1,100-acre dairy farm grows silage, and bunker piles can heat up in the middle where no one sees from the ground; could drones spot hot spots in the piles before we lose feed?dairy farm manager
I manage 18 miles of seawall and rock revetment on the Galveston, Texas coast, and after every storm crews walk the rock to find displaced armor stones; could drones map them within a day?coastal engineering district manager · Galveston, TX
I run a 400-megawatt gas-fired power plant, and our stack and boiler ducts only get climbed during outages; could drones fly the stack exterior and flag cracked insulation or loose steel before the next outage?power plant maintenance supervisor
I run a six-bin grain elevator, and after every hailstorm two men climb the bin roofs and ladders to look for lifted panels and bent handrails before we can load; could drones fly the bin tops first and flag damage so nobody climbs unless they have to?grain elevator manager
I run a six-acre glass greenhouse range, and hail cracks panels in spots we only find by walking the rows after a storm; could drones fly the roofs right after a storm and flag cracked glazing before the seedling crew goes in?greenhouse grower
I run a 300,000-square-foot distribution center near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with 40-foot racks, and our safety auditors check the upright frames by climbing lifts once a year; could drones fly the racking and flag bent uprights and damaged beams before anyone climbs?warehouse safety manager · Harrisburg, PA- I manage a 1,800-space parking deck in Pasadena, California, and after every hard rain or earthquake we walk the top levels to find cracked expansion joints and broken edges; could drones fly the top deck and flag bad joints before the first shift?parking facility manager · Pasadena, CA
- I run facilities for a 22-building school district, and after each hail storm my two roofers climb to check flashing and seams before the next semester; could drones fly the roofs and flag lifted flashing and open seams?school district facilities director
- I run a 1,600-acre tree nursery where field crews walk every row counting seedlings lost to frost; could drones count the empty spots and flag frost-killed rows before the spring replant?tree nursery operations manager
I manage a 400-acre walnut orchard near Chico, California and we only find dead or declining trees after harvest; could drones fly the rows in spring and flag trees losing canopy to root rot or wind damage before the season is lost?walnut orchard manager · Chico, California
I manage 80 stormwater detention ponds and outfalls for a county public works crew of six, and after heavy rain we walk each pond to find blocked outlets and eroded banks; could drones fly them within a day of a storm?county public works director
I own a 480-acre cranberry bog operation where crews walk the dikes after every wet season to find washouts and vine damage; could drones map the dikes and flag damage before harvest crews go out?cranberry grower
Our water utility inspects forty elevated storage tanks across our service area with crews climbing ladders every summer, and coating checks keep falling behind; could drones fly the tanks and flag coating failures before freezing weather?water utility operations supervisor
Our copper tailings embankment near Elko, Nevada gets walked every spring after the melt, and seepage spots are easy to miss on foot; could drones fly the crest and slopes and flag wet patches before anyone steps onto the dam?mine site dam safety engineer · Elko, NV
Our 40-story glass office tower has sealant joints that rope crews check after every storm; could drones fly the curtain wall from above and flag failing sealant before water gets into the offices?property manager for a glass office tower
I run a 200-acre closed landfill outside Lansing, Michigan where crews walk the cap every spring and miss settled spots and gas vent leaks; could drones fly the cap after thaw and flag settlement before anyone walks it?landfill site operations manager · Lansing, Michigan
Our state highway department has about 300 culverts under rural roads in Maine that flood every April, and crews dig them out to inspect; could drones check culvert inlets and outlets from above and flag collapsed or silted pipes before anyone digs?state highway maintenance engineer · Maine
I manage 40 miles of levee and floodwall for a parish drainage district near New Orleans, Louisiana, and crews still walk the crest after every heavy rain; could drones fly the crest and flag seepage or slumping before anyone steps onto it?levee district engineer · New Orleans, LA
Our port has two miles of wharf over tidal water where pilings corrode out of sight, and divers only check them every few years; could drones fly the wharf deck and flag cracked or corroded piling tops before a heavy crane load?port authority engineer
I run a 14-mile private rail spur where crews walk the ballast after every flood to find washouts; could drones map the ballast and flag washed-out sections faster than a crew can walk them?private rail spur operator
Our city drinking water reservoir has 22 miles of shoreline, and staff walk it monthly looking for bank slumps and illegal dumping; could drones fly the shoreline and flag slumps and dumped material before the next high-water season?water utility watershed manager
Our 1,400-space RV and boat storage lot on the coast floods and tears tarps after every big storm, and we find damaged units days later; could drones fly the rows right after a storm and flag flattened or flooded units?storage lot operator
Our 60,000-seat stadium has a retractable roof membrane, and riggers spend three days on the catwalks every spring checking seams; could drones fly the roof and flag tears before the first home game?stadium facilities director
We own 140 billboards across several states and crews climb each steel structure every spring to check bolts and rust; could drones fly the faces and catwalks and flag loose bolts before storm season?billboard company owner
I run a 60-acre container terminal in Chicago, Illinois where inspectors walk the stacks by hand to find dented boxes before ships load; could drones scan the stacks from above and flag damage before anyone lifts a container?container terminal operations manager · Chicago, IL
Our wastewater plant in Erie, Pennsylvania has fourteen clarifier tanks, and crews rope down the railings every winter to check the weirs; could drones fly the tanks and show us cracked weirs before ice builds up?wastewater plant superintendent · Erie, PA
I run a petrochemical storage terminal on the Gulf Coast, and crews climb the tank roofs by hand every shift to check corrosion; could drones fly those roofs and flag bad spots before anyone goes up?storage terminal maintenance supervisor
Our shipyard in Honolulu, Hawaii hauls out about forty boats a year and hull checks still mean a diver in the water for half a day; could drones fly above and along the waterline to flag corrosion before we lift a vessel?shipyard operations manager · Honolulu, HI
Our hydroelectric dam has spillway gates and concrete faces that crews can only inspect after high water drops, and that can take weeks; could drones check them during high flow without anyone on the spillway?dam safety engineer
I'm ready to start drone scouting across my 2,800 acres of corn and soybeans in Iowa this spring; what do I need on the ground for flight plans, and who fixes a drone that goes down in a storm?row-crop farm owner · Iowa
Our feedlot in western Kansas runs 14 pens of about 9,000 head, and our pen riders count cattle on horseback every morning but we're down to two; could drones count the pens and spot animals that are lame or off their feed?feedlot manager · Kansas
Our sugar mill in Louisiana has cane fields flattened after every storm and crews drive the levees to count the damage by hand, so could drones map the lodged cane fields and show us which blocks to harvest first?sugar mill operations manager · Louisiana
Our electric substation near Lubbock, Texas has sixty transformers and breakers, and our crews climb the racks in August heat; could drones fly thermal checks and flag hot connections before summer load peaks?utility substation operations manager · Lubbock, TX
Our 60-acre auto auction lot in Macon, Georgia holds about 1,800 vehicles, and the row counts are still done on foot every Monday; could drones take a count from above and catch the ones we misplace?auto auction lot manager · Macon, GA
Our coastal county in North Carolina has 11 miles of dune line and every nor'easter leaves washouts we only find days later on foot; could drones fly the dunes after each storm and flag erosion before the next high tide?county coastal resource manager · North Carolina
I manage a 40-mile pipeline right-of-way in the far north where crews fly the corridor after spring thaw and still miss slumping slopes; could drones survey it after thaw and flag slumps before anyone flies in?pipeline integrity supervisor
Our 40-acre city park in the ice belt has hundreds of old oaks, and after every ice storm the crew waits on a bucket truck to find hanging limbs; could drones survey the canopy and flag broken limbs before the public walks under them?city parks superintendent
I manage a 1,500-acre pecan orchard in southwest Georgia with miles of surface irrigation lines and little cell signal; could drones fly those lines after every storm and flag breaks before the trees go dry?orchard manager
I manage 1,500 acres of ski-resort slopes and our crew hikes the lift towers and snowmaking lines by hand after every windstorm; could drones fly them and flag broken lines before the first lift opens?ski resort operations manager
I superintend a 28-story mixed-use job, and every tower crane mast check means a climb and a full day of crane downtime; could drones fly the mast and jib and flag loose bolts before we pick the next steel?construction superintendent
Our Tucson, AZ public works crews drive 90 miles of streets every spring logging potholes and cracks by eye, and the list is always a season behind; could drones photograph the pavement and rank the worst repairs first?city public works director · Tucson, AZ
I farm 85 acres of pinot noir on steep hillsides where cell signal drops, and I'm weighing whether drones can fly the rows and show me powdery mildew patches before the harvest crew walks them?vineyard owner-operator
Our county has 40 bridge spans over creeks that flood every spring and inspectors must close lanes to check undersides; could drones inspect each underside without shutting traffic?county bridge engineer
Our gas-fired power plant only runs at full load on hot summer afternoons, and crews climb the stacks and piping by hand before every peak, so could drones inspect the high equipment between peaks without shutting down?power plant maintenance supervisor
I run an irrigation district with 300 miles of canal and our crews only check the banks by truck; could drones spot leaks and washouts before the summer water season?irrigation district manager
Our limestone quarry floods the pit after every storm and crews walk the wet benches by hand; could drones survey the pit walls and flag unstable ground before anyone goes in?quarry operations manager
We haul logs into a 60-acre yard where stockpile volumes get measured by hand every Monday and the tape crew is always behind; could drones survey the piles from the air and give accurate counts?log yard manager
Our 30-building office park has rooftop units that the crew climbs to check every week; can drones hover near them reliably and flag failing units before a summer outage?office park facilities supervisor
After the spring hailstorms I manage thirty commercial roofs across Oklahoma and inspections are taking weeks, so could drones survey them and show me which ones are leaking?commercial property manager · Oklahoma
Our 6,000-acre cattle ranch has miles of fence and creek bottoms, so could drones fly the fence lines after storms and flag every break before the herd gets out?cattle ranch manager
Our utility serves remote villages reachable only by boat or small plane, and our line crews can reach the transmission poles only a few weeks each summer, so could drones inspect the lines and flag damage before winter storms?utility operations manager
We maintain 60 cell towers spread across rural hills and every antenna check means a full-day climb; could drones fly the towers, check antenna alignment and spot corrosion before crews go up?telecom tower maintenance manager
Our 400-acre solar farm has steep slopes, ridgelines and gaps in cell signal, so can drones fly panel inspections when the crew is out of range?solar farm operations manager
I own a 1,200-acre timber tract with logging roads and ravines; could drones map the roads after storms before crews drive in?timber tract owner
Our wind farm has 80 turbines on exposed ridgelines and blade checks still mean rope crews hanging for days every spring; can drones inspect blade edges and flag cracks without anyone climbing up?wind farm operations manager
humanoid robots
I run the front desk at a 90-year-old natural history museum in Buffalo, New York, and school group leaders keep asking about restrooms, lunch rooms and exhibit hours while one person sells tickets; could a humanoid robot answer those questions so our staff can handle the complicated visitor issues?museum operations director · Buffalo, NY
I run a casino card club with table games, cashiers and an entrance where patrons ask about age rules and parking all evening; I'm worried a humanoid robot would give wrong answers at the door, so would it know when to hand off to staff?card club general manager
Our community college registrar counter has one staffer for hundreds of students a day asking about transcripts, deadlines and parking, and the line reaches the hallway by 9 a.m.; could a humanoid robot take those routine questions at the counter while staff handle the hard cases, and how fast could we start?community college registrar
Our 300-seat community theater has a box office run by one volunteer, and patrons keep asking about seating, accessibility and intermission; could a humanoid robot answer those questions and check tickets at the window?theater managing director
Our 18,000-seat arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota gets a long line at will-call on event nights with fans asking about parking, seat locations and bag rules while one box office staffer handles ticket problems; could a humanoid robot answer those questions at the window?arena box office manager · Minneapolis, MN- Our senior center front desk has one staffer for 150 members a day, and most calls are about lunch times and bus rides; could a humanoid robot check members in and answer those questions while staff handle the harder requests?senior center director
- I run a 12-doctor veterinary hospital in Tucson, Arizona where phones and the front desk back up by 9 a.m. every weekday; could a humanoid robot check pets in and answer medication-pickup questions while techs stay in exam rooms?veterinary practice manager · Tucson, AZ
- Our city permit counter in Tulsa, Oklahoma handles about 300 walk-in visitors a day, and most ask where to file or when an inspection is; could a humanoid robot answer those and point people to the right window?city permitting office supervisor · Tulsa, OK
Our emergency room waiting room in Columbia, South Carolina sees about 200 people a night, and check-in staff keep getting the same questions about wait times and parking; could a humanoid robot greet patients and answer those questions while nurses handle triage?emergency department manager · Columbia, SC
Our new-car dealership has customers waiting 40 minutes at the service desk on Saturdays while advisors juggle appointments and phones; could a humanoid robot greet customers and answer basic service questions?dealership service director
I own a 40,000-square-foot hardware store in Fresno, California where customers ask where the anchors and sealant are, and my one floor clerk keeps leaving the register to walk them; could a humanoid robot answer aisle questions and point people to the right bin?independent hardware store owner · Fresno, California
Our interstate welcome center gets a line of drivers every hour asking for restrooms, fuel and road conditions while two staff handle the desk; could a humanoid robot greet travelers and answer basic questions while staff take the harder requests?welcome center operator
During tax season my four-person office has a line out the door, and clients keep asking what papers to bring while we're with other appointments; could a humanoid robot greet them and answer those document questions?tax preparation office owner
Our 45-acre zoo has ticket lines out the gate every July weekend, and our two gate staff can't answer hours and directions while also selling tickets; could a humanoid robot greet visitors and point them to the right exhibits?zoo operations director
Our 150-room beach resort has a front desk open all night and only two clerks after midnight, so could a humanoid robot greet late arrivals and walk them through check-in?resort general manager
Our 2,000-seat event hall hosts weddings and conferences on the same weekend, and I keep reading that humanoid robots can greet guests, but will one actually handle a packed Saturday crowd?event hall manager
I manage a 40-floor office tower in New York, NY where visitors get lost after 7 p.m. and our single lobby guard can't guide everyone; are humanoid robots doing that yet or still just demos?office building manager · New York, NY
I run the county clerk's office in Sacramento, CA and the lobby line is out the door by 8 a.m.; could a humanoid robot greet people and answer basic form questions while our counter staff take the hard cases?county clerk office manager · Sacramento, CA
Across robot types
I run a 12-person spice grinding plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I don't know which robot type fits a line this size or whether it's worth looking at yet; where should a shop like ours start?small spice plant owner · Minneapolis, MN- Our 70-person upholstery plant hand-staples fabric panels at bench stations, and staplers' wrists are giving out by midweek; which kind of robot would fit that bench, or is a shop this size not worth looking at yet?upholstery plant manager
I run four concrete block plants in Alabama, and the yards are dusty and two-person crews keep getting hurt; I don't know which robot type fits a block plant or whether it's worth looking at yet.concrete block manufacturer · Alabama
I run a 70,000-square-foot beauty-supply distributor, and two receiving clerks keep carrying cases from the dock to reserve racks by hand; which robot type fits that work, or is my building too small for one?beauty-supply distributor owner
Our beverage distributor has 14 delivery trucks, and dock pallets sit waiting because two loaders are out; how do we start moving pallets from the warehouse to the dock with robots without disrupting the outbound schedule?beverage distributor logistics manager
I run a 70-acre equestrian center with four indoor arenas where weekend shows leave the footing dragged and raked by hand; could a robot groom the arena footing overnight so events start on time?equestrian center manager
I run four family dental offices, and the front desk, sterilization runs and floor work eat up staff time we don't have; which kind of robot would actually fit an office like mine, or is it not worth looking at yet?multi-office dental practice owner
I own a 60-room motel with mostly late-night checkouts and early housekeeping, and I'm not sure a robot is the right answer for a place like mine; which robot type should I look at first?independent motel owner
I run a 110-person tool and die shop where carts of dies and fixtures move between machining and assembly all shift; which robot type fits that, and does it make sense before we add a second shift?tool and die shop owner
I run a 70-stall commercial laundry on three shifts, and the folding tables are the bottleneck; I don't know if I need a robot, a cobot, or just a better conveyor, so which type should I look at first?commercial laundry plant manager
I run a fish hatchery where night staff walk the raceways every two hours and we keep losing people to the overnight shift; which kind of robot would take those checks, or is that not a robot job?fish hatchery manager
I run a county road and bridge yard in Kansas where salt and fuel have gone missing after dark, and the fence sits beside a public trail; would a patrol robot be allowed to run that perimeter without bothering walkers?county road and bridge superintendent · Kansas
I manage a 20-property mobile home park where residents keep asking whether robots can mow the lots and clear the snow paths, and I don't know which kind of robot fits or whether it's worth looking at yet.mobile home park property manager
I run custodial and grounds for a county courthouse complex in western Montana, and two-person crews can't cover the floors and snow-cleared walks in winter; which robot type fits that work, or would it not make sense for a building like ours?county facilities director · Montana
I'm facilities director for a 1950s high-rise in Pittsburgh, PA with 800 daily workers, and I don't know if a robot even fits our overnight lobbies, stairwells, and parking level; what should I look at first?high-rise facilities director · Pittsburgh, PA
I sit on the board of a 300-unit senior housing nonprofit with three campuses, and our staff say robots could cover night rounds; which robot types handle that job, and what would I need to show the board?nonprofit board member
We are building a 14-story apartment tower and our layout crews lose half their days re-marking floors, so could a robot mark the layout overnight so the crew starts work on time?general contractor project manager
I run a 35,000-square-foot cold storage facility where crews work two hours at a time in freezers, and I'm not sure which robot type fits picking versus moving pallets; what should I look at first?cold storage facility manager
We have 60,000 square feet of storage across two shifts and I can't tell whether to start with autonomous mobile robots or forklifts, or how many units we'd need to move 2,000 totes a day.distribution center manager
Our grain storage yard goes quiet under snow from December to March, so will robots that clean and inspect keep working through a winter with nobody on site?grain cooperative operations manager
Our lake resort is staffed by sixty people in July and twenty-five in January, so can I lease robots that handle the summer peak without sitting idle through the winter?lake resort owner
Our museum has four galleries and only docents to guide the crowds, so could a robot take visitors on a guided tour and answer questions without the galleries feeling empty?museum education director
I run a regional food bank in Nashville, TN and weekday volunteers are down by half; which robot type fits sorting and moving pallets, and do I need one at all?food bank operations director · Nashville, TN
Our 60-acre peach orchard runs short of hands every harvest, and we're walking the rows by hand each morning to check irrigation and fruit; what kind of robot would actually work between peach trees without crushing the fruit?orchard farm manager
Our 90-bed rehab hospital wants to test a robot on one floor before committing to more, so how do I run a 90-day pilot without pulling nurses off the other floors?rehab hospital administrator
I run a scrap yard where catalytic converters and copper vanish after dark and one guard can't walk the whole lot; could a patrol robot circle the piles at night and report intruders as they happen?scrap yard owner
Thieves have hit our subdivision job site three times this year and tools and copper keep disappearing, so could a robot patrol the site at night and report intruders as they happen?residential builder
Our truck yard insurer wants proof of after-hours monitoring before renewal and we have a chain-link fence and one guard, so would a patrol robot's logs satisfy an underwriter?truck yard operator
Our 400,000-square-foot data center in Virginia has technicians walking the server rows all night, so could a robot run the floor checks and flag hot spots before they become outages?data center operations lead · Virginia
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