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 installed and set up the Community Editions of UiPath and Automation Anywhere. It's time to get started with our projects. Sound exciting?

In the next chapter, we'll get started with an Attended Automation Helpdesk project with UiPath.