Question

In the context of automation, what is a robot?

Answer 1

Answer:

Robot, any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots.

Answer 2

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a type of automation in which anyone may create a set of instructions for a robot or 'bot' to follow.

Explanation:

• Instructing a machine to perform dull, repetitive manual work is what robotic process automation is all about. A bot will be able to replicate a task if there is a logical step to it.
• RPA is a type of advanced business process automation that can record operations performed by humans on a computer and then perform those tasks without the need for human participation. It's essentially a virtual robot clone.