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Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
See the full 5-year cost picture: robot purchase, installation, maintenance, training, energy, and downtime vs. human labor with benefits, overhead, and turnover.
Robot Costs
$75,000
20% of purchase
10% of purchase
$3,000
2
500W
16hrs
$0.12/kWh
5%
$200/mo
Human Labor Costs
3
$22/hr
Fully-loaded cost (1.3x)
$28.60/hr
$4,000/worker
2
5-Year Cost Comparison
Robot TCO Human Labor
5-Year Savings
$1,581,123
Break-Even Point
1.0 yr
5-Year Robot TCO
$152,877
Methodology
How we calculate TCO
Robot Costs
- Purchase price
- Installation (15-25%)
- Annual maintenance (8-12%)
- Training ($2-5K/operator)
- Energy consumption
- Downtime cost
- Software/subscription fees
Human Labor Costs
- Base hourly wage
- Benefits & overhead (1.3x)
- Annual turnover cost ($3-5K)
- Overtime premiums
- Workers comp insurance
- Training/onboarding
- Management overhead
Comparison Output
- Year-by-year cost curves
- Break-even point
- 5-year total savings
- Per-unit cost reduction
- Payback period
- Shareable analysis URL