Talk:Robotic process automation

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The only thing that I see making this distinctive from what people have been doing (since atleast 80s) is the hooking the process automation to adaptive/learning algos and other analytics. Business people just generally want some "generally approved" term or word to describe things because they have a need for appearing like they know what they are talking about even when they don't. And to justify their pay... The term is borderline insulting if you stop and think about it and any programmer can do this but business people can't justify paying living wage if they can't slap some specialist title on the task. This (insecure managers and HR people) is major cause of unemployment because after something has a specialist title placed on it, people "need training".. for something that didn't need any training before. The crap that follows is that people have to use specific approved tools and languages, so the crap employee sick of doing the same crap with "approved tools" can also be easily replaced. The whole corporate mindset/swamp of incompetent HR people & execs needs to be drained. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.155.19.132 (talk) 18:17, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is it about robots, bots or both?

So is this about robots, bots or both?

For software robots the term is "bot" hence the name should be changed if it's not also about robots.

--Fixuture (talk) 17:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can't figure this out on your own by consulting the sources provided in the article or just perform a simple web search?

From "AI interns: Software already taking jobs from humans", "Having software agents that could take some of the simpler claims meant Barclays could employ fewer people.", "Massachusetts-based Nuance Communications is building AIs..."
From "Blue Prism’s robotic process automation offers scope for artificial intelligence", "The “robot” in question is a software application that replicates the action of a human being interacting with a software application, such as, for example, data entry into an SAP system, or a business process." (COI WARNING: market research company consultant opinion piece)
From "Robotic Automation Emerges as a Threat to Traditional Low-Cost Outsourcing", "...the use of software robots to handle routine business processes has another attraction..." (COI WARNING: market research company report for sale)
From "Robotic Process Automation Opens New Doors For Finance And Risk", "Unlike their human counterparts, bots work 24 hours a day, seven days a week..."
From "Robotic process automation: the latest promise to liberate back offices", ""IT robots (automation software) are programmed to be used with data-driven and rule-based processes" -- DanielPenfield (talk) 09:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
From "What is Robotic Process Automation, and what benefits could it bring to your enterprise?", "This is where Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with AI comes in, enabling business and IT teams in an enterprise to automate processes using a virtual software robot." (hosted on website blacklisted by Wikipedia, just Google the article name)
From "Is Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Just Marketing Speak?", "All we’re doing here is using software automation more cleverly and then referring to the software as “software robots”."

If the name "robotic process automation" is so widely used, should you really be changing the article title? -- DanielPenfield (talk) 09:37, 12 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2017

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Please add Kryon Systems to the list of robotic process automation vendors as they are a reputable vendor in this field. For verification, please see their website: http://www.kryonsystems.com/ Tirtzag (talk) 10:42, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not done:. Kryon Systems does not have an article on Wikipedia and their own website cannot be used to prove they are notible enough to be included in this article. Sarahj2107 (talk) 14:12, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2017

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Request to add Software vendor: Softomotive (www.softomotive.com)

I would please like to kindly request that our company Softomotive is also listed in the list of RPA vendors. To justify the request, I would like to add that Softomotive is also included in RPA analyst reports such as Forrester Robotic Process Automation Wave 2017 and Everest Group RPA Matrix. 164.39.212.106 (talk) 16:18, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Does your software company have its own page? We avoid listing (per WP:NOT) entities which do not have their own Wikipedia page. Izno (talk) 16:38, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Company Article Request

Would an editor familiar with Robotic Process Automation be willing to look at a company article request for Instaknow? The article request can be found at Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics/Companies/F-L. The article request includes multiple outside sources and multiple patents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.215.50 (talk) 19:40, 5 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2017

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Msn Murty 19:22, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 19:35, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]