RPA / Robocorp
Robocorp is an open-source RPA framework
that allows businesses to repetitive digital tasks using software
robots, reducing manual work and errors. It improves productivity by saving
time, cutting costs, and enabling employees to focus on more valuable tasks.
The Robocorp platform also offers paid cloud services (Control Room) for advanced features like orchestration, monitoring, and scalability.
Quick steps to install and use Robocorp:
1- Install Visual Studio Code and Robocorp extensions.
Install Visual Studio Code, then install the following extensions:
Sema4.ai SDK and Robocorp Framework.
2- Add Robocorp Command Center (rcc.exe) to your PATH environment variable.
Add it via two different ways:
- In Windows, search for "Edit the system environment variables", click "Environment Variables", click "Path", click "Edit", click "New", and paste the path to the rcc.exe file (e.g. C:\Users\your-username\.vscode\extensions\sema4ai.sema4ai-your-version\bin).
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in your terminal (e.g. Windows PowerShell), run:
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $env:Path + ";C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\.vscode\extensions\sema4ai.sema4ai-2.11.0-win32-x64\bin", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)
3- Create a new robot.
In Visual Studio Code, go to View > Command Palette, then type and select "Sema4.ai: Create Task Package".
4- Run the robot.
Run it via two different ways:
- In your terminal, run "rcc run", or
- in Visual Studio Code, go to View > Command Palette, then type and select "Sema4.ai: Run Task Package".
