Introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and UiPath

Explore how UiPath enables drag-and-drop automation for non-technical users, with free personal and small-business use and global scale, featuring a two-part robot and self-made automation.

Define rpa as virtual robots that emulate human actions in a non-physical environment to automate repetitive tasks across web apps, emails, and desktop software, scalable by copy-pasting for multiple users.

Explore how to build simple RPA workflows with UiPath, automating web tasks like checking weather on Google, scraping product data from e-commerce sites, and filling CRM forms from Excel data.

A robot can read invoices and other structured data, search information online, transfer data between applications, and perform simple client replies, but cannot understand context or handle physical objects.

Discover how robotic process automation with UiPath can run 24/7, improve throughput, reduce costs, and eliminate human errors by strictly following predefined rules.

Explore where robotic process automation can assist across financial services, e-commerce, retail, healthcare, and HR, from invoice depth and payments to automated testing and repetitive tasks.

Discover how robotic process automation spans banking, financial services, manufacturing, and pharma, with market size rising toward 2027 due to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Explore when to implement robotic process automation with UiPath, focusing on department size thresholds, data-heavy tasks, and error reduction, based on client experiences and cost considerations.

Analyze the robotic process automation project lifecycle—analysis, implementation, and support—and learn to document the as-is process, manage data format risks, and prepare for UiPath automation.

Build an automation team to create a center of excellence for RPA with an architect leading security, requirements, and best practices; evaluate in-house vs outsourcing and plan for ongoing maintenance.

Explore how to run a successful RPA project by starting with a proof of concept, engaging process owners, gathering feedback, and scaling from a small, single-scope automation.

Explore job opportunities in RPA development, learn to create your own automations from a non-technical start, and discover salary ranges, discounts, and links to Indeed and LinkedIn for RPA roles.

Analyze live RPA job positions from junior developers to lead developers, including a center of excellence and quality assurance, and learn what these roles demand in UiPath projects.

Outline the step-by-step path to becoming an RPA developer, detailing diploma and certificate options, free vs paid, required practice, exam formats, durations, and costs.

Explore the complete RPA project lifecycle with UiPath, from analysis and inventory through solution design, development, testing, staging, and production monitoring for continuous improvement.

Create the process design document (pdd) to capture the as‑is and to‑be processes, two diagrams, analysis findings, and prerequisites for automation, including hours, roles, and known exceptions.

Explore the solution design document, a technical developer specification that outlines robot components, workflows, dependencies, libraries, and orchestrator deployment, and how code can generate or update this document.

Compare UiPath license agreements, focusing on community versus enterprise terms. The community license supports personal use and up to 250 computers with up to $5 million ARR, cloud included.

This lecture explains the UiPath solution stack—studio for design, orchestrator for management, and robots for attended or unattended automation.

Explore how UiPath robots use integration and keyboard-and-mouse methods, via application programming interfaces (APIs) and marketplace components, to automate Google Suite, SAP, Gmail, and Excel.

Understand attended robots in Windows. Start by a human, run in the same user session, perform automation tasks, and let you observe actions within isolated sessions.

Connect the human and robot across two computers through the orchestrator to run unattended automation. The robot starts in the background and executes processes without a visible user session.

Join an online mentoring program for aspiring RPA developers led by experts, featuring online lessons, video lessons, Q&A, and a community to automate workflows at work or home.