What's more, and to put it bluntly, it is hard to find any robot (given research and development costs and maintenance) which matches humans working on the global supply chain on a pure cost basis.

更重要的是，直截了当地说，(鉴于机器人高昂的研发和维护成本，)纯粹从成本角度出发，在全球供应链上几乎很难找到一个机器人可以和人类相媲美。