Robotic Process Automation, RPA as catalyst for Artificial Intelligence, AI empowered Automation

1. Robotic Process Automation
and AI empowered Digital
Transformation
Andrei Oros

3. Andrei Oros
andreioros.com github.com/orosandrei @orosandrei
Engineering Manager @ UiPath
10+ years of experience in Software Engineering & Process Automation
Computer Science // B
Strategic Management // M, D candidate

4. Topics
Robotic Process Automation
RPA as catalyst for AI
AI empowered #AutomationFirst
DEMO. Ui + Azure Cognitive Services

5. RPA – what is it?
Robotics Embedded Electronics

6. RPA in Academic publications
1990 - 2018

7. RPA in Academic publications &
Capgemini reports
2010 - 2018
1990 - 2018

8. Code free.
Visual modeling, easy drag & drop,
point and click.
Powerful recorder automatically turns
user clicks and keystrokes into a
workflow.
Rich library of pre-defined template
activities.

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POWERFUL YET SIMPLE TO USE
FASTEST TO IMPLEMENT
HIGHLY SCALABLE
EXTENSIBLE & INTELLIGENT
The UiPath Platform

10. RPA is continually evolving
UiPath Robots are learning new skills
RPA
Emulates Humans
RPA + AI
Assisting Humans
Rules-Based, Repetitive Tasks
with Computer Vision
Increasingly Complex, Cognitive Tasks
INCREASING PROCESS
AUTOMATION INTELLIGENCE

11. Drag and Drop AI
Add skills to your automations in 3 easy steps
Drag and Drop an AI Skill into your
Automation Workflow
Customize AI Skills
Parameters
Open UiPath Studio
Add your AI Skills directly
in UiPath Studio.
Utilize AI skills which are embedded
out-of-the-box, download from Go!,
or import your own.
No technical skills required.
Updates can be made by
analysts and business users.
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12. UiPath Robots are built with four
core embedded cognitive AI Skills
Embedded AI skills introduce new automation possibilities, enable access to new
sources of unstructured data, and improve automation efficiency and robustness.
Visual Understanding
Human-like recognition of UI elements
Document Understanding
Insight into new sources of unstructured data
Process Understanding
Opportunities derived from analyzing user patterns
Conversational Understanding
Sentiment of text, chat, and voice inputs
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS

13. Fun fact: Automation Anywhere licensed this technology from UiPath sometime in 2009. Traces of it could still be
found in Automation Anywhere 10. It’s important to mention that they have not updated this library since 2011.9y

14. Computer Vision // in preview

15. Invoice Processing

16. Import best-in-class skills from UiPath
ecosystem partners & experts
Visual Understanding
Human-like recognition of UI elements
Document Understanding
Insight into new sources of unstructured data
Process Understanding
Opportunities derived from analyzing user patterns
Conversational Understanding
Sentiment of text, chat, and voice inputs
ECOSYSTEM SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
Specialized, Industry and Solution Skills
GO!

17. The flexibility to bring your own skills
With UiPath you have the flexibility to use custom
skills built for your business.
CUSTOM SKILLS
ECOSYSTEM SKILLS
Visual Understanding
Human-like recognition of UI elements
Document Understanding
Insight into new sources of unstructured data
Process Understanding
Opportunities derived from analyzing user patterns
Conversational Understanding
Sentiment of text, chat, and voice inputs
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
EMBEDDED SKILLS
GO!

18. Custom Activities Development

20. Easy to get started
https://www.uipath.com/developers/community-edition https://www.uipath.com/rpa/go
Build a solid career in RPA
FREE Advanced RPA Developer
certification until June 30th, 2019
https://www.uipath.com/rpa/academy/certificationshttps://www.uipath.com/rpa/academy

21. Demo
face detection
Azure Cognitive Services
+
UI Automation

22. Thank you!
Andrei Oros
@orosandrei
andreioros.com/blog
github.com/orosandrei
linkedin.com/in/orosandrei