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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By : Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan
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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By: Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan

Overview of this book

Robotic Process automation helps businesses to automate monotonous tasks that can be performed by machines. This project-based guide will help you progress through easy to more advanced RPA projects. You’ll learn the principles of RPA and how to architect solutions to meet the demands of business automation, along with exploring the most popular RPA tools - UiPath and Automation Anywhere. In the first part, you’ll learn how to use UiPath by building a simple helpdesk ticket system. You’ll then automate CRM systems by integrating Excel data with UiPath. After this, the book will guide you through building an AI-based social media moderator using Google Cloud Vision API. In the second part, you’ll learn about Automation Anywhere's latest Cloud RPA platform (A2019) by creating projects such as an automated ERP administration system, an AI bot for order and invoice processing, and an automated emergency notification system for employees. Later, you’ll get hands-on with advanced RPA tasks such as invoking APIs, before covering complex concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in automation to take your understanding of RPA to the next level. By the end of the book, you’ll have a solid foundation in RPA with experience in building real-world projects.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Appendix: Looking Forward and Next Steps

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a rapidly advancing field and is going through exponential change due to several internal and external factors.

Since the beginning of the Information Age, we have gone through many waves of process automation. We started with the computerization of lines of businesses led by Management Information Systems (MIS) groups within each organization. Once the businesses were computerized, we started looking for ways to optimize the business processes through Business Process Management (BPM). While BPM focused on end-to-end processes, RPA emerged as a way to automate discrete tasks using existing user interfaces.

Now, with significant capital being invested, we can see that RPA platforms are expanding, with the inclusion of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision (CV...