Frequently Asked Questions

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 Robotic process automation (RPA) is a software technology that makes it easy to build, deploy, and manage software robots that emulate humans actions interacting with digital systems and software. Just like people, software robots can do things like understand what’s on a screen, complete the right keystrokes, navigate systems, identify and extract data, and perform a wide range of defined actions. But software robots can do it faster and more consistently than people, without the need to get up and stretch or take a coffee break. 

Here are some of the mundane tasks that can be easily handed over to the robots

• Log in to any application  and interact with it 
• Move files and folders
• Read and write to databases (Excel)
• Scrape data from the web
• Connect to system APIs
• Extract content from documents, PDFs, emails and forms
• Open emails and attachments 
• Make calculations and follow business rules 
• and much much more ..

RPA streamlines workflows, which makes organizations more profitable, flexible, and responsive. It also increases employee satisfaction, engagement, and productivity by removing mundane tasks from their workdays.  

Today, RPA is driving new efficiencies and freeing people from repetitive tedium across a broad swath of industries and processes. Enterprises in industries ranging from financial services to healthcare to manufacturing to the public sector to retail and far beyond have implemented RPA in areas as diverse as finance, compliance, legal, customer service, operations, and IT. And that’s just for starters.

RPA has become so widespread because it is broadly applicable. Virtually any high-volume, business-rules-driven, repeatable process is a great candidate for automation—and increasingly so are cognitive processes that require higher-order AI skills. 

Daily desktop tasks are also great candidates for automation.  Examples include logging in to applications/websites, transferring data from one application to another,  filling out a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, creating an invoice, generating reports or even cleaning out your email junk folder.

RPA is not AI; AI is not RPA. But the combination of RPA and AI unlocks massive new possibilities for enterprises everywhere. For one thing, RPA technology now makes it possible to insert advanced AI skills in the form of machine learning models, natural language processing (NLP), character and image recognition, and more into RPA robots. Giving robots these AI skills dramatically expands their ability to handle cognitive processes that require things like:

• Understanding documents including semi-structured or unstructured data
• Visualizing screens (including virtual desktops)
• Comprehending speech and carrying on conversations and chats
• Applying machine learning models to automate decision-making 
• Building a robust automation pipeline through RPA applications like process mining. 

No.  RPA is non-invasive and can be rapidly implemented to accelerate digital transformation.  Because RPA mimics human actions, the technology interacts with data within the presentation layer (User Interface) of platforms and applications. This means RPA acts at the user interface just like a human would . This of a software robot as part of your workforce.

UiPath is the leading RPA process automation vendor and offers a cloud  platform that is available to new customers in potentially a matter of minutes. The UiPath products automate almost all web-based and internal applications. It also offers unparalleled solutions for SAP, Citrix, and BPO automation.  For small businesses, UiPath platform sis available for free. There is a large a vibrant community of RPA developers and excellent online training courses available.

UiPath provides

• Rapid, significant return on investment (ROI 
• Minimal upfront investment 
• No disruption to underlying systems 
• Low-code/No-code build environment 
• Scalable and enterprise-ready 

Yes and no. If you are  either an individual, or an organization that, together with your affiliates, collectively have 

(a) less than 250 physical or virtual machines or users and

(b) less than the equivalent of USD 5 (five) million in annual revenues, 

then you are deemed a "small business" and  qualify for the UiPath Free Plan which, as the name suggests, is completely free and includes:  UiPath Automation Cloud and 25 Free Automation Express licenses which include UiPath StudioX / Studio Web & an Attended bot  

If you don't meet the above criteria then you are deemed as an Enterprise and will need to purchase the Enterprise version. There are various packages available to meet your needs. 

No. Vulcan RPA IS not a UiPath reseller, but we can put in in touch with one as the need arises.