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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)

RPA marketplaces

As we saw, RPA vendors are providing a way for us to plug in emerging technologies. These technologies are included as components that are provided by the RPA vendors themselves, partners, and even people like you. These components are usually available on a marketplace. Here are the marketplaces from the top RPA vendors:

  • UiPath Connect Marketplace: An extensive library of reusable RPA components
  • Blue Prism Digital Exchange (DX): A central place to find and include pre-built "skills"
  • Automation Anywhere Bot Store: Includes digital workers (Bots) that can automate tasks

All these platforms allow you to automate better by enabling you to add a wide variety of technologies to solve business problems. These components can usually be added to your automation through drag-and-drop interfaces for easy configuration.

As these RPA platforms grow, we should see more participation and a greater variety of components that we can include in our automation. You could soon...