🧠1. What is Robocorp?
Robocorp is a platform for building, running, and managing software robots — digital workers that automate repetitive computer tasks.
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It provides:
- Developer tools (like Robocorp Lab or VS Code extensions) for creating automation scripts.
- A Python-based framework called Robot Framework or RPA Framework.
- Cloud orchestration tools (Control Room) to deploy, schedule, and monitor bots.
Think of it like a modern open-source alternative to tools such as UiPath, Blue Prism, or Automation Anywhere — but built on Python and open standards, not proprietary drag-and-drop systems.
⚙️ 2. What is RPA (Robotic Process Automation)?
RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is the technology that allows software "robots" (bots) to mimic human actions on a computer to complete repetitive tasks.
For example:
- Reading invoices from emails and entering them into an ERP system.
- Copying data between Excel and a web app.
- Logging into websites, downloading reports, and sending them by email.
RPA is mainly used in business process automation — finance, HR, healthcare, etc.
🤖 3. What is Robocorp RPA?
Robocorp RPA means using Robocorp’s ecosystem to build and run RPA bots.
In other words:
It’s Robocorp’s implementation of RPA — built with Python and the open-source RPA Framework libraries.
A Robocorp RPA workflow might:
- Use Python + RPA Framework to interact with Excel, PDFs, browsers, or APIs.
- Be packaged into a “robot” that runs locally or in Robocorp Control Room (cloud).
- Be triggered manually, on a schedule, or by API/webhook.
🧩 Example of Robocorp RPA in action:
Let’s say you want a bot to:
- Log into Gmail
- Download invoice attachments
- Extract data from PDF invoices
- Enter data into a Google Sheet
You could write this using Robocorp’s RPA Framework:
from RPA.Email.ImapSmtp import ImapSmtp
from RPA.PDF import PDF
from RPA.Google import Sheets
# Simple workflow
Then deploy it in Robocorp’s Control Room to run every morning — fully automated. 🚀
🆚 In short:
| Concept | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| RPA | Automating repetitive tasks using software robots | Any RPA tool like UiPath |
| Robocorp | A company/platform providing open-source RPA tools built on Python | robocorp.com |
| Robocorp RPA | RPA implemented using Robocorp’s tools and RPA Framework | Building Python bots for automation |
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