I manage a small warehouse where we've started testing robotic pickers alongside our human crew, and honestly, the machines are faster but not smarter. My team worries about layoffs, yet every time the robot fails on an irregular item, a person has to step in. Should small businesses like mine push full automation, or is that a gamble only giants can afford? I've seen numbers claiming 30% cost savings, but those reports rarely mention the maintenance and retraining overhead we'd absorb.