Container unloading ROI calculator

Compare your current unloading costs with editable robot-rental assumptions. All costs are in euros. KRONA U1 also loads containers with boxes from pallets or conveyors; this calculator models unloading only. Contact the team for a loading assessment.

Illustrative planning assumptions, not a quote. Change the inputs to test your operation; KRONA confirms rates, commitments and deployment terms in a tailored offer.

Your unloading costs

Result

Illustrative planning assumptions, not a quote. Change the inputs to test your operation; KRONA confirms rates, commitments and deployment terms in a tailored offer.

Selected robot-hour assumption€20per robot operating hourAssumed monthly minimum per active robot (hours): 60Assumed one-time setup: €2,000Assumed refundable deposit (excluded from cost difference): €1,000Assumed other annual costs for the deployment: €0

First-year cost difference after setup: €72,520–€84,940
Annual cost difference before setup: €74,520–€86,940
First-year rental, additional costs and setup: €26,840–€39,260
Modelled setup and refundable deposit: €3,000
Containers unloaded by robots per year: 621
Remaining annual manual unloading cost: €19,620
Current annual cost for eligible volume: €111,780
Modelled annual rental usage cost: €24,840–€37,260
Modelled robot count: 1
Annual capacity per robot: 1,040–1,560

This estimate covers rental. Robot purchase offers are provided privately to integrators. View pricing →

Illustrative 3-hour and 2-hour unloading scenarios. Robot counts are selected for a positive usage margin before shared additional costs and setup; the final cost difference can be negative.

First-year break-even

Your current cost per robot-covered container must at least cover the amount below to recover the selected deployment's first-year costs. The refundable deposit is excluded.

3-hour scenario: cost per container: €63
2-hour scenario: cost per container: €43

How does volume change the result?

Only annual container volume changes; your other assumptions stay the same. These are sensitivity cases, not forecasts.

Volume scenario	Containers per year	First-year robot costs (€)	First-year cost difference (€)
Lower volume (50%)	365	€16,400–€20,600	€35,200–€39,400
Selected volume (100%)	730	€26,840–€39,260	€72,520–€84,940
Higher volume (150%)	1,095	€39,240–€57,860	€109,720–€128,340

About this estimate. The labour defaults are broad European planning inputs, not measured warehouse wages. Robot rate, minimum, setup and deposit are selected illustrative inputs, not market averages or KRONA prices. Replace them with your measurements and supplier offer. The annual model assumes 52 operating weeks and evenly distributed usage over 12 months; seasonal peaks can increase minimum billing. Setup is charged once per deployment and deducted from the first-year cost difference. A refundable deposit is shown as cash required, not expense. Confirm multi-robot setup and deposit terms in the offer. Remaining manual unloading stays at your entered cost. Enter additional recurring costs separately; unentered integration, energy, assistance, maintenance and downtime costs remain uncosted. Released labour hours produce cash savings only when actual spending falls. Unload times and freight eligibility are assumptions, not measured KRONA performance.

Labour-cost context: Eurostat's 2025 economy-wide employer costs span roughly €12–57/hour across EU countries. This is not a warehouse wage quote or a source for robot pricing. Eurostat, 2025.