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title: "RobotLAB Opens Western Oregon Franchise to Help Local Businesses Tackle Workforce Shortages with Robotics"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b7b37095-6405-4317-b39f-87d7490ffa5d
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20260506_robotlab_opens_western_oregon_franchise_to_help_local_businesses_tackle_wor.html
category: "Franchisors"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Franchisors"
topics: ["Technology","Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2026-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T16:11:47.684Z
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# RobotLAB Opens Western Oregon Franchise to Help Local Businesses Tackle Workforce Shortages with Robotics

**TL;DR:** RobotLAB has opened a Western Oregon franchise to help local businesses address workforce shortages with autonomous robots. The franchise will provide deployment and training support for robots used in cleaning, food delivery, room service, and customer-facing tasks.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2026-05-06. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20260506_robotlab_opens_western_oregon_franchise_to_help_local_businesses_tackle_wor.html).*

## Story

Autonomous robots for cleaning, food delivery, room service, and customer-facing tasks will be available, with deployment and training support provided.

“Our customers across Oregon are telling us the same thing,” said Eric Arnold, President of RobotLAB Western Oregon. “They need reliable ways to maintain service levels with limited staff. This launch is about giving Western Oregon businesses a practical path forward and a chance to see for themselves how autonomous robotics deliver real ROI in their day-to-day operations.”

To mark the launch, RobotLAB Western Oregon and the existing RobotLAB Portland franchise will co-host a joint grand opening on Thursday, June 4, 2026, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Hilton Portland Downtown. Local business operators, chambers of commerce, and media are invited to attend and see autonomous robots in operation and meet the local team.

Attendees at the grand opening will experience live demonstrations of autonomous cleaning robots, food-delivery and room-service robots, and customer-facing service robots now being adopted across Oregon’s restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, manufacturers, and commercial cleaning operators. RobotLAB’s local team will be on hand to discuss pilot programs, financing, and ROI specific to each industry.

“Portland has always been a city that embraces innovation,” said Elad Inbar, CEO of RobotLAB. “What we’re seeing now is a shift toward practical, problem-solving technology that local operators can actually deploy this quarter. Our Western Oregon franchise gives businesses across the state a local partner for robotics, one that can help them stay open, stay competitive, and better support their teams.”

RobotLAB invites members of the media to attend the grand opening celebration in downtown Portland. On-site opportunities include:

**What**: Grand Opening **When**: Thursday, June 4, 2026 — 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT **Where**: Hilton Portland Downtown **RSVP**: RSVP

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- General (sector)
- Hilton (company)
- technology adoption (topic)
- Portland (location)
- RobotLAB (company)
- workforce shortages (topic)
- autonomous robots (topic)
- Western Oregon (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20260506_robotlab_opens_western_oregon_franchise_to_help_local_businesses_tackle_wor.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b7b37095-6405-4317-b39f-87d7490ffa5d).