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>>52974311
Automation technician here, it depends on a lot of factors - but generally it can be much cheaper to run any facility without human intervension, in terms of logistics any modern day mcdonalds is already running a large amount of kitchen appliances, which is where the majority of power costs is going - so most of the cost is allocated to the robotic arms and delivery mechanisms, which is also the heaviest maint side. But its not like these components are necessairly expensive in themselves, so the question is wheter they decided to get some stupid kitchen appliances which are more expensive or whats up on that side of things
Id say it probably is far cheaper long term to use robots than humans, and sure every decade you probably need to replace the entire assembly, but thats fine because you get new and improved robotics anyways