Robotics has been a technology to look out for to automate the business process. There are lots of robotics companies in India that provide robotics solutions and consulting services for businesses and industries. Robotics has brought a significant transformation in the Indian automation industry. Industrial robots has been necessary for the manufacturing process. Many companies have gone with robotics technology to automate their business processes, which will benefit them for the longer run.

New Delhi: Vivekanand is country manager, India and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) of Singapore-based GreyOrange, a company that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced robotics systems for automation in warehouses. GreyOrange's marquee solutions are the Butler (goods-to-person for inventory storage, picking and consolidation) and Linear Sorter (modular system for automating sorting processes in fulfilment centres). In an interview last week, Vivekanand spoke about how robotics can help companies improve their supply chain, among other things. How is robotics transforming warehouse processes and efficiency? With the ongoing e-commerce boom, customer expectations are at an all-time high, and supply chains need to be faster and more efficient.

Robotics and supply chain automation company, GreyOrange, will launch its new goods-to-person Butler XL at LogiMat 2018, the 16th International Trade Fair for Intralogistics Solutions and Process Management in Stuttgart, Germany on 13-15 March. With the new ButlerTM XL, GreyOrange expands the range of goods-to-person solutions that can be used in manufacturing facilities and omnichannel warehouses, to move different kinds of loads from raw materials to finished goods. The Butler XL can handle a payload of 1600 kgs (3500 lbs) including pallets, drums and sacks. Designed to work in tandem with the current Butler system, this makes it easy to add its new capabilities to existing operations. The new Butler robotics system will support multi-floor operations with the integration of an elevator.

In 2008, engineering student Samay Kohli wanted to build a humanoid robot, but his professor told him it would not be possible. Along with his fellow student Abhay Singhal, not only did they achieve that task, but they have also built GreyOrange, a multi-national robotics company based in India and operating across Asia. "We've done some stuff that India was not supposed to do," Mr Kohli told the BBC. "People are not supposed to build hardware, robot products, out of India and we've been able to do that." So how did GreyOrange grow from an engineering classroom to an international robotics player?

The world is not moving towards a dystopian future just as yet, but one can't deny the effect innovations in the robotics field will have on human life, especially when it comes to a waning workforce as a result of increased use of automation technologies. Experts have already started sounding the warning bells. As per a report published by advisory analyst firm HfS Research in July, the true impact of the emergence of intelligent automation will be felt on the global industry of 15 million IT services and BPO workers, which will see about 1.4 million job losses--a net decrease of 9%--by 2021. In India, the services industry workforce is expected to shrink by 4.8 lakh by 2021, a decline of 14%--HfS Research estimates that the IT services and BPO industry employs about 3.5 million people in the country. Last year, technology research firm Gartner predicted that one in three jobs will be converted to software, robots and smart machines by 2025.