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 companies ; the country 's two robots , Butler and Sorter , could replace between 60 % and 80 % of staff , while industry analysts predict traditional warehouse jobs for humans wo n't exist in two or three years ' time . According to advisory firm Forrester & associates , in four years the country 's e - commerce sector is set to be worth $ 64bn , with major players such as Flipkart and Amazon battling to attract investors .
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 two or three years' time. According to advisory firm Forrester Research India, in four 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.