Work

SmartRPA: Generating software robots from user interface logs

Year: 2024

Type: software-paper

Abstract: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a maturing technology in the field of Business Process Management (BPM) that automates intensive routine tasks previously performed by a human user on the User Interface (UI) of a computer system, by means of a software robot. To date, RPA tools available in the market strongly rely on the ability of human experts to manually implement the routines to automate. This work addresses the limitations of current manual RPA development by introducing SmartRPA, a cross-platform software tool. SmartRPA analyzes UI logs of past routine executions to generate software robots capable of handling intermediate user inputs, thereby reducing development time and error rates.

Source: SoftwareX

DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2024.101995

Authors: S. Agostinelli, T. Hohenadl, A. Marrella, A. Martínez-Rojas

Institutions: Sapienza University of Rome, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Universidad de Sevilla

Language: English

Topic: Robotic Process Automation Applications

Subfield: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $970

Funder: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme