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

cleaning robots

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
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
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 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
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 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

autonomous forklifts

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 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
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 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

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 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
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

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

Across robot types

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
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
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