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Robot jobs, sourced prices with history, providers by country, robot-vs-human costs, and RFQs.

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search_use_cases — Find the robot job (use case) that matches what the buyer wants, in plain words and in any of 12 languages. Returns matching use cases (id, name, price summary,
get_use_case — Everything about one job: what it is, robot types, ways to buy (service/rental/RaaS/purchase), honest buyer tips (including when a robot is overkill), regulator
list_categories — The 20 job categories with use-case counts, for browsing when the buyer is vague.
find_providers — Shortlist providers for a job and place. Ranked: lists the region > lists the country > lists part of the country > headquartered there (HQ is not a service are
get_provider — Full public profile of one provider: website, HQ, service regions and explicit service areas (with sources), jobs, robot types, engagement models, published pri
compare_providers — Side-by-side comparison of 2-10 providers: coverage for a country, engagement models, published prices (USD-normalized), HQ, contact routes, shared jobs, last c
get_prices — Current sourced prices for a job (benchmarks + provider-published), or for one provider. Every row has source_url and as_of. Set convert (e.g. "USD") to add a c
get_price_history — Every price observation we have recorded (append-only; never overwritten) for a job and/or provider, grouped into series with trend (change_pct between first an
estimate_cost — Arithmetic on published prices: unit price × quantity, using exact unit conversions (acre↔hectare, sq ft↔m², mile↔km), preferring benchmarks whose region matche
compare_robot_vs_human — Cost comparison of human labour (or a human service) against robot options (buy, lease, robots-as-a-service, robot service provider) for one of 22 jobs in one o
robot_or_ladder — Does this job need a robot at all? Rule-based verdict from the Ladder Test (the same rules as whirrwork.com/tools/robot-or-ladder/): answer up to 6 questions ye
estimate_drone_spraying_cost — Cost of drone crop spraying for the buyer's field: every published per-acre, per-hectare, per-mu (China) and per-10-are (Japan) drone spraying rate in the datas
estimate_drone_show_cost — Cost of a drone light show of N drones: every published per-drone price x drones (best match for the country first, peak-date prices only when peak=true), plus
buy_rent_or_hire — Total cost of buying a robot vs renting it (lease / robots-as-a-service) vs hiring a service over a period, with break-even months and the cheapest option ("wit
find_robots_for_job — Which kinds of robot do a job (primary type first, then alternatives), with the commercial models we have catalogued for each type: maker-published key specs, l
get_robot_model — One commercial robot model: every maker-published spec with its source URL and the date we checked it (unknown specs are absent, never guessed), maker claims la
compare_robot_models — Side-by-side specs of 2-4 models of the same robot type: one row per spec with each model's maker-published value and source (null = not published), plus each m
list_countries — For each country: providers that list it as a service area, providers serving parts of it (with sub-regions), and providers headquartered there; plus the number
get_rfq_template — The exact fields to collect from the buyer before submit_rfq: core fields (required flags, formats) plus the job-specific checklist suppliers need to price it (
submit_rfq — Submit a request for quotes for a real buyer who explicitly agreed to be contacted by matched suppliers (consent=true). Stored, auto-matched to providers by job
get_rfq_status — Status of a submitted RFQ (received → matched → sent_to_suppliers → quoted → closed) with its status history. Needs the id and the access key returned by submit
search_stats — Search Whirrwork Research: 100+ citable statistics on robot adoption, industrial and service robots, humanoids, drones, agriculture, cleaning, warehouses, labou
get_stat — One Whirrwork Research statistic by slug: claim, figure, scope, measure type, primary source with archive link, publication/access/last-verified dates, verbatim

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