Summary

RPA excels at automating manual and repetitive tasks. It is a capability that allows software robots to carry out tasks on a computer, just like a human would.

We saw that there are two types of RPA – one runs on your desktop and the other runs on a server. Most of the top tools give you the capability to implement both types of RPA. We looked at two of them – UiPath and Automation Anywhere – both of which we will be using for our projects. 

UiPath is one of the easiest RPA tools with a comparatively low learning curve. This is why we have selected UiPath as one of the tools for our projects in this book. It has three main components: UiPath Studio, UiPath Orchestrator, and UiPath Robot.

Automation Anywhere is another top RPA tool and the latest A2019 community edition is cloud-based. We can create and deploy bots with a web browser. With the Control Room, we can build, manage, and analyze our bots. 

Finally, we...