Robots for the jobs that are hard to fill.

The problem

Unloading a floor-loaded container is the hottest, heaviest job in the building. Two people spend two to three hours on a single trailer, it produces more back injuries than anything else on site, and it's the role you refill most often.

Where we'd start

A robotic trailer unloader working the dock door, feeding cartons straight onto the same conveyor your team already uses. It runs the full trailer without a break and doesn't slow down in a 40 degree container.

Measure it by: trailers cleared per shift, and lost-time injuries at the dock.

The problem

An operator spends the shift loading a machine, pressing start, and waiting for the cycle. The equipment is the expensive asset, but it only runs while someone is standing at it, so second and third shift are usually dark.

Where we'd start

A robot arm tending one cell. Same fixtures, same programme, but the cell keeps running after the shift ends and your operator moves to work that needs judgement.

Measure it by: spindle hours per week on the same equipment.

The problem

Nurses walk. Central stores for supplies, pathology to the lab, linen to the chute. Ten to fifteen minutes a trip, several trips a shift, on the most expensive and hardest-to-hire hours you have.

Where we'd start

A delivery robot running a fixed corridor loop on a schedule, handling supplies, linen and specimen transport. It takes the lift on its own and doesn't need an escort.

Measure it by: nursing hours returned to the bedside per ward, per week.

The problem

A concourse or lobby floor has to be scrubbed between close and open, every night, to the same standard. It's a fixed cost, it's the hardest shift to roster, and the quality swings depending on who showed up.

Where we'd start

An autonomous scrubber cleaning the main floor unattended overnight, with a map of the site and a report each morning of what it covered.

Measure it by: square metres cleaned per night, and how often the finish is signed off first time.

The problem

Scouting a block properly means walking it. Most growers can't, so they spray the whole block on a schedule and wear the chemical cost and the resistance risk that comes with it.

Where we'd start

A drone that maps the block for disease and pest pressure, then spot-sprays only the areas that need it, on the same pass.

Measure it by: litres of chemical per hectare, against yield.

The problem

Conveyor and plant inspections put a person next to moving equipment, at height, or in a confined space, on a route that rarely changes. When the route gets skipped, the first sign of a failing idler is the shutdown.

Where we'd start

A legged robot walking the inspection route on a schedule with thermal and acoustic sensors, flagging a hot idler or a bearing starting to fail before it stops the line.

Measure it by: unplanned conveyor downtime, and confined-space entries per month.