| One of the most difficult challenges in the Car Wash | | | | Enter the age of the Robotic Car Wash. Actually |
| Industry is of course the labor. The Car Wash Industry | | | | robotics in car washing is nothing new, in fact it has |
| is one of the most labor-intensive businesses there is | | | | always been a very automated operation, then again |
| and controlling the labor costs is a key to profitability. | | | | so has the entire automotive industry since Henry |
| But finding low cost labor must be complimented with | | | | Ford's mass production of the Model T and you could |
| finding the quality labor, which is well groomed, honest | | | | have it in any color as long as it was black, because |
| and respectful of the customers and their cars. If not | | | | black paint could dry in only 10-minutes. Ah ha, so car |
| you will lose customers and repeat business. | | | | washing is all about production right? Right. |
| Most full service car washes average about a 15-20% | | | | Drying of the car is a very difficult task for a robot, but |
| regular customer rate and to sustain a higher repeat | | | | hardly impossible with the latest robotic engineering |
| customer grouping the customer has to feel good | | | | now available. In fact if a car was parked between to |
| about their car wash experience. If this is done | | | | reference lines the robot could dry the car never |
| correctly the repeat business will be paralleled by word | | | | pressing down to hard using the latest MIT Haptic |
| of mouth referrals to their friends, business associates | | | | Sensor Technology on a Carnegie Mellon Robotic |
| and/or family members. So, it is critical to get the best | | | | Arm. Even able to lift up the windshield wipers and dry |
| possible labor and watch the costs. But there will soon | | | | underneath, get all the door jams and along the |
| maybe a better way to do all this and more. How so | | | | luggage rack cosmetic feature on top of your SUV. |
| you ask? Well, thru robot workers of course. | | | | Think on this in 2006. |