Robotic process automation (RPA) 

What is RPA? Robotic process automation is the technology that allows anyone to configure software or “robots” to simulate and develop the actions of a human that interacts within digital systems to execute different business processes, that is, in other words, it is the use of software robots to perform the repetitive tasks that people used to do because they have the same skill set as people.

RPA uses the user interface to capture data and operate with applications: they interpret, trigger responses, and communicate with other systems to perform a wide variety of repetitive tasks, for example, bots can copy and paste, extract web data, do calculations, open and move files, analyze emails, log into programs, connect to APIs, and extract unstructured data.

Advantages or benefits of RPA

• Reduction of costs and operational risks, reducing errors and therefore the economic costs derived from them.
• Flexibility and simplicity you don’t have to write code or some kind of language
• Analysis and more precise Metrics each task carried out by the “robots” is saved in an easily accessible place, thus facilitating the search and analysis tasks of said data.
• Increased productivity Robotic process automation has the ability to complete tasks with almost 100% precision, clearly influencing productivity and final performance.
• Release of monotonous tasks RPA can handle all non-cognitive, repetitive, and procedural tasks that must be repeated over time, thereby performing those tasks more accurately and with minimal risk of error, freeing employees from those tasks.
• Increased employee engagement
• Quality invariance are excellent for consistently duplicating tasks with little to no variability in quality
• No new IT systems needed
• Scalable system allows operations to be easily scaled up or down as needed, ensuring businesses can adjust based on seasonality.

Certainly the future is envisioned to be a mix between the use of robotic automation and humans!