About Robot

Robot is an automation runtime that runs the automation processes built in Automation Studio.

Types of Robot Agent

Robot Agent is the component that enables your machine to host multiple robots. It also helps in the management of robots such as start a robot, stop a robot and so on. During AE RPA Installation process, the type of Robot agent is chosen. It supports enabling Robot Agent in following ways:

 

Manually Configured Robot Agent

You are required to create manual agent. For more information about starting Robot Agent or creating robot agent, see Client verification section in the AE-RPA-SAAS-Installation Guide.pdf. Once you install and start the Robot Agent, an icon appears on the task bar.

 

 

Following is the field description of robot agent page:

 

Status	Description
Name	Displays the name of robot.
Launched	Displays the status of robot whether it is running or not. Green color: Indicates that the robot is launched. Red Color: Indicates that the robot is stopped.
ProcessID	Displays the process ID of automation request
Start Robot	Enables you to start the corresponding automation process.
Relaunch Robot	Enables you to relaunch the corresponding automation process.
Stop Robot	Enables you to stop the corresponding automation process.
Upgrade Robot	Enables you to upgrade the corresponding robot.

 

• Proctor Configured Robot Agent: AE RPA also supports proctor component. Proctor is an automatic mode of running the Robot Agent in the Control Tower. It is recommended to use proctor configured robot agent for creating the robots. For more information about Proctor installation, see proctor sections in the AE-RPA-SAAS-Installation Guide.pdf. For more information about adding Robot Agent, see proctor configured robot agent section in the Dashboard page.