# Predictive maintenance pays

AI-driven predictive maintenance cuts equipment downtime by ~45% and maintenance costs by ~25%. It’s the most reliable first ROI in industrial AI: sensors + history + a model that hears failure coming.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/iot-robotics/10

_IoT & Robotics: AI in the Physical World — lesson 10 of 20 (STAT)_

**−45% / −25%**

AI-driven predictive maintenance cuts equipment downtime by ~45% and maintenance costs by ~25%. It’s the most reliable first ROI in industrial AI: sensors + history + a model that hears failure coming.

Source: [Deloitte / McKinsey analyses](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights?utm_source=robauto)

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