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Making money with home robots

Two small service businesses built around chore robots. Each has a monthly model you can edit.

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Please read: These are simplified teaching models with assumptions you can change. Real results depend on your market, labor laws, insurance and taxes. Nothing on this page is investment, legal or tax advice.

Robot prices, where shown, are store prices from our guide. Everything else is an editable assumption.

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Home-robot setup & care service

The opportunitySet up, tune and maintain home robots for people who don’t want to: apps, Wi-Fi, schedules, cleaning and parts.

Who pays

Busy households and older adults, per visit or monthly plan.

Key risks

Robots keep getting easier to set up
Small ticket sizes
Brand warranties limit repairs

Simplified modelRevenue = visits × price + plans × fee. Variable cost = hours × wage. Tools are up-front.

Try the numbers (per month)

Setup visits per monthEditable assumptionPrice per visit ($)Editable assumptionCare plans activeEditable assumptionCare plan per month ($)Editable assumptionHours per month (h)Editable assumptionHourly labor cost ($/h)Editable assumptionFixed costs per month ($)Editable assumptionUp-front tools and demo units ($)Editable assumption

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Break-even: – visits per month
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02Now

Robot-assisted window cleaning

The opportunityUse window robots on large glass while a cleaner does frames, sills and hard-to-reach panes.

Who pays

Households and small offices, per visit.

Key risks

Robots are slow on small panes
Ladder and height safety
Weather for exterior glass

Simplified modelRevenue = jobs × price. Variable cost = hours × wage. Robots are up-front.

Try the numbers (per month)

Jobs per monthEditable assumptionPrice per job ($)Editable assumptionHours per job (h)Editable assumptionHourly labor cost ($/h)Editable assumptionFixed costs per month ($)Editable assumptionRobots boughtEditable assumptionPrice per robot (ECOVACS WINBOT W2 PRO OMNI) ($)ECOVACS store price, from our guide. Source: ECOVACS

Revenue / month: –
Costs / month: –
Profit / month: –
Margin: –
Break-even: – jobs per month
Payback on up-front cost: –

These are simplified teaching models with assumptions you can change. Real results depend on your market, labor laws, insurance and taxes. Nothing on this page is investment, legal or tax advice.