Butler, a stubby, orange robot, crawls along the aisles to fetch everything from smartphones to shampoos from warehouse shelves. It takes an hour to do what an average worker does in five. Its cous...
India's large unskilled labour market could be squeezed as robots are used to keep up with the country's growing e-commerce sector. Akash Gupta, CTO of start-up GreyOrange said the firm's two robots, Butler and Sorter, could replace between 60% and 80% of staff, while industry analysts predict traditional warehouse jobs for humans won't exist in four years time. According to advisory firm Forrester Research India, in two or three years' the country's e-commerce sector is set to be worth $64bn, with major players such as Flipkart and Amazon battling to attract customers.