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Detrytus on June 19, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The return of pneumatic tubes

Robots aren't cheap either. And the safety concerns, or maybe even the nuisance of having those robots roaming the hallways, adding to the traffic might trump everything else.

BenFranklin100 on June 19, 2024 [–]

A tube system is cheaper than I thought, about $300-500K for a big hospital system:

https://www.aerocom.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-a-pneumatic-tub...

I don’t know if this takes into consideration facilities remodeling.

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