Waiter robot: how to calculate its real return on investment

To know whether a waiter robot pays off, you need to measure the work it takes off your team. The calculation relies on a few simple figures.

The number of trips. Every service generates round trips between the kitchen and the dining room: starters, mains, desserts, clearing. Multiply the number of covers by the number of round trips per cover.

The share the robot can take. The robot does not do everything. Some trips remain with the team, for welcoming and advising guests. We use 60% by default, which you can change in the calculator.

The time per trip. It depends on the distance between kitchen and dining room, walking speed and some idle time for loading and unloading.

The hourly cost. Add employer contributions to the gross salary. The fully loaded cost is the basis for the savings.

The NASCOM ROBOTICS calculator does this calculation with every assumption shown. If the result is still negative, for example for a small dining room, we tell you so: another plan may be a better fit.

The best test remains a demo in your own dining room. It checks the assumptions against your real trips.