On: The return of pneumatic tubes

[BenFranklin100]

High upfront capital costs for tube infrastructure and relative inflexibility once set up might dominate the decision.

[Detrytus → BenFranklin100]

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 → Detrytus]

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.