Robotic Process Automation with New Future Trends

The invention concept of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has emerged as a transformative technology that has revolved the local business processes by programming repetitive task and efficiency adjusting the operations. This research had focused on developing the RPA environment and its future features in order to elaborate on the projected policies based on its comprehensive experiences. The current and previous situations of industry are looking for IT solutions to fully scale their company Improve business flexibility, improve customer satisfaction, improve productivity, accuracy and reduce costs, quick scalability in RPA has currently appeared as an advance technology with exceptional performance. It emphasizes future trends and foresees the evolution of RPA by integrating artificial intelligence, learning of machine and cognitive automation into RPA frameworks. Moreover, it has analyzed the technical constraints, including the scalability, security issues and interoperability, while investigating regulatory and ethical considerations that are so important to the ethical utilization of RPA. By providing a comprehensive analysis of RPA with new future trends in this study, researcher’s ambitions to provide valuable insights the benefits of it on industrial performances from the gap observed so as to guide the strategic decision and future implementation of the RPA.

A360 Bot Framework: Empowering Smart Robotic Process Automation Solutions

This research paper explores the significance of the “A360 Bot Framework” in Automation 360 (A360) platform. A360 is Automation Anywhere’s cloud-based automation platform designed to make business processes more efficient. It’s known for its user-friendly interface, which allows both technical and non-technical users to use it effectively. Automation 360 is versatile, offering a range of tools to automate tasks, manage complex workflows, and integrate various applications. It empowers users to create customized solutions for their specific needs. Being cloud-based it ensures scalability, security, and real-time updates, making it a top choice in the fast-paced digital world. As demand for A360 rises, having a structured way to develop bots becomes crucial. The paper introduces the “A360 Bot Framework” as a guiding approach for bot developments. This framework ensures consistency and scalability, especially when working with both professional developers and non-technical users. It outlines key elements like setting up work folders, managing logs, dealing with errors, and ensuring secure bot execution. Ultimately, the “A360 Bot Framework” is presented as a foundational structure that enhances consistency, resiliency, and development efficiency. By following predefined practices and templates, bot developers can mitigate risks and streamline debugging processes. This framework accelerates the bot development lifecycle, allowing developers to focus on specific functionalities and value-added features. The research paper aims to provide insights into the benefits of adopting the A360 Bot Framework and its potential to revolutionize A360 bot development practices, leading to more efficient and effective automation solutions.

The Age of Automation China has been the world’s largest consumer of industrial robots for nine consecutive years

In the latest Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth II,viewers can see a broad variety of robots,from the super robot with artificial intelligence to the four-legged bionic robot.Many of the robots portrayed in the movie are actual robots that are being used in manufacturing,commerce,logistics,and healthcare,rather than being special effects,which are the creation of Youibot,a hi-tech company based in Shenzhen,south China’s Guangdong Province.

How Does Robotics Process Automation (RPA) Affect Project Management Practices

The main purpose of this literature review is to understand the effectiveness and impacts of Robotics Process Automation (RPA) on the practices of Project Management (PM). For attaining the purposes of the research study, an extensive literature review was conducted, which helped in gaining a theoretical understanding. These findings were then justified with the help of current and relevant secondary sources in the analysis section. The findings suggested that RPA is quite advantageous for implementing in varied aspects of a business, especially in the field of project management. However, it can pose several challenges, which need to be taken into due consideration by the organizations during execution such as the capabilities of the employees and the abilities of the existing systems to incorporate automation, among others. It was ultimately concluded that RPA is highly advantageous for project management teams but its effective implementation is the key to success.

Development of IoT Based Mobile Robot for Automated Guided Vehicle Application

Mobile robot has been one of the researches focuses in this era due to the demands in automation.Many industry players have been using mobile robot in their industrial plant for the purpose of reducing manual labour as well as ensuring more efficient and systematic process.The mobile robot for industrial usage is typically called as Automated Guided Vehicle(AGV).The advances in the navigation technology allows the AGV to be used for many tasks such as for carrying load to pre-determined locations sent from mobile app,stock management and pallet handling.More recently,the concept of Industry 4.0 has been widely practiced in the industries,where important process data are exchange over the internet for an improved management.This paper will therefore discuss the development of Internet of Things(IoT)bases mobile robot for AGV application.In this project a mobile robot platform is designed and fabricated.The robot is controlled to navigate from one location to another using line following mechanism.Mobile App is designed to communicate with the robot through the Internet of Things(IoT).RFID tags are used to identify the locations predetermined by user.The results show that the prototype is able to follow line and go to any location that was preregistered from the App through the IoT.The mobile robot is also able to avoid collision and any obstacles that exist on its way to perform any task inside the workplace.

Automated robot and artificial intelligence-powered wastewater surveillance for proactive mpox outbreak prediction

In the wake of the largest‐ever recorded outbreak of mpox in terms of magnitude and geographical spread in human history since May 2022,we innovatively developed an automated online sewage virus enrichment and concentration robot for disease tracking.Coupled with an artificial intelligence(AI)model,our research aims to estimate mpox cases based on the concentration of the monkeypox virus(MPXV)in wastewater.Our research has revealed a compelling link between the levels of MPXV in wastewater and the number of clinically confirmed mpox infections,a finding that is reinforced by the ability of our AI prediction model to forecast cases with remarkable precision,capturing 87%of the data’s variability.However,it is worth noting that this high precision in predictions may be related to the relatively high frequency of data acquisition and the relatively non‐mobile isolated environment of the hospital itself.In conclusion,this study represents a significant step forward in our ability to track and respond to mpox outbreaks.It has the potential to revolutionize public health surveillance by utilizing innovative technologies for disease surveillance and prediction。

Automated bolting and meshing on a continuous miner for roadway development

Automated installation of primary roof support material can potentially increase productivity and operator safety in the roadway development process within underground coal mining. Although the broader manufacturing sector has benefited from automation, several challenges exist within the Australian underground coal industry which makes it difficult to fully exploit these technologies. At the University of Wollongong a series of reprogrammable electromechanical manipulators have been designed to overcome these challenges and automatically handle the installation of roof and rib containment consumables on a continuous miner. The automated manipulation removes personnel from hazards in the immediate face area, particularly those associated with working in a confined and unstable working environment in close proximity to rotating and moving equipment. In a series of above ground trials the automated system was successfully demonstrated without human intervention and proven to be capable of achieving cycle times at a rate of 10 m per operating hour, consistent with that required to support high capacity longwall mines. The trials also identified a number of refinements which could further improve both cycle times and system reliability when considering the technology for underground use. The results have concluded that conventional manual handling practices on a continuous miner can be eliminated, and that the prototypes have significantly reduced the technical risk in proceeding to a full underground trial.

Opportunities and Challenges of Robotics and Automation in Offshore Oil &Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry will continue to boom in the coming few decades. Obtaining oil and gas from conventional and non-conventional resources will become more and more challenging. This intensifying need will impose very considerable demands on work force, financial and technology capabilities. Since the future supplies of oil and gas are to expand, advanced technology will become increasingly necessary to obtain access to more challenging conventional and non-conventional resources. Therefore oil and gas technologies will be very costly to operate in the coming future due to hostile, hard-to-reach environments. The offshore oil industry will become a complicated myriad of advanced equipment, structures, and work force. Our objectives are to identify potential applications and research directions of robotics and automation in the oil & gas field and explore the obstacles and challenges of robotic and automation applications to this area. This study performs the necessary survey and investigation about the work conditions of robotics and automation equipment in the oil and gas industry, especially offshore oil rigs. The oil & gas industry processes are first investigated. The personals and tasks are then explored. Furthermore, this paper reviews the current robotic automation technology. The challenges and requirements are identified for robotics and automation equipment in the oil and gas industry. The requirements of robotics and automation in the oil & gas industry are presented. Future research opportunities are discussed from a technical perspective.

International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA 2020)

ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s flagship conference and the premier international forum for robotics researchers to present and discuss their work.The conference will include plenary sessions,contributed paper sessions,workshops and tutorial sessions,forums,videos,exhibitions,and robot challenges.

Readiness of a Developing Nation in Implementing Automation and Robotics Technologies in Construction： A Case Study of Malaysia

The Malaysian government＇s vision to be a developed nation by 2020 has pushed forward the use of innovative technologies in most sectors and industries, including the construction industry. Through the ETP （Economic Transformation Programme）, major projects launched are expected to provide a great catalyst for the economy, and may become the platform for increasing the use of automation and highly enhanced plants and machineries in the construction industry. Innovations in most countries are mostly driven by the need to find revolutionary solutions to problems, such as a shortage of skilled labor, decreasing quality of product and processes, inferior working conditions, declining productivity and increasing costs of labor and materials. Automation and robotics technologies encompass a wide range of innovative technologies using technologically advanced machineries to improve the speed and efficiency of a given process. This paper discusses the readiness of a developing country in embracing construction automation and robotics, by exploring industry perception, suggested practices and barriers to its implementation using a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews directed at Malaysian construction finns of contractors, specialist sub-contractors, developers and consultants. The findings show that the Malaysian construction industry is ready, to a certain extent, for implementing the technologies in limited areas such as prefabrication and assembly and in the design, planning and costing phases.

Main Stages of Evolution from Mechanical Automatic Systems to Humanoid Robot

Since ancient times, man has been concerned to create an artificial structure similar to itself. This concern has remained constant attention and creative thinkers most profound since antiquity until today, it is of greatest interest. This article aims to highlight the most significant moments of the evolution from mechanical creatures mythical or real, from antiquity to the present humanoid robots. There are thus shown the most significant variants humanoid imagined or realized since Talos, described in Greek mythology, continuing with mechanical machines during late Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and then the Renaissance of the post-renaissance, then they are shown the main achievements of the industrialization period from the nineteenth to the early part of the twentieth century, then to the most important made in the last decades of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century. The work is important to stimulate concerns academic theorists and practice but also in the industrial practice specializing in robotics and more generally in mechatronics. It also opens the prospect of defining the concept of an artificial humanoid useful both for human prosthesis with certain disabilities, and a humanoid robot performance.

Application of Industrial Robots in Stamping Automation Production Line

Since the reform and opening up, China's economy has developed rapidly and the society has been continuously improving. At the same time, in order to facilitate people's travel, the automobile industry has emerged, which has brought great convenience to people's production and life, and has also promoted the progress of society. In recent years, au-tomation technology has been continuously researched and developed by people, and it has been widely used in people's production and life. In order to improve the efficiency and modernization level of the automobile industry, the paper studies the application of industrial robots in the stamping automation production line, hoping to adapt to the new trend of economic development.

Robot框架下软件自动化测试技术研究

为解决软件开发周期过长而导致测试困难的问题,本案例将基于Robot框架设计自动化测试脚本,使用SA系统完成被测软件系统的接入,并利用GUI工具开展自动化测试过程。该系统具备可移植化、一体化特点,测试效率较高,将其应用到回归测试,能够缩减测试时间,且能避免软件测试中的重复性操作问题。基于Robot框架开发的软件自动化测试系统,缺陷发现率达到80%,用例测试速度为200/d,效果显著。

Development and implementation of an automated system to aid laboratory diagnosis using image processing

The objective of this work is to provide an automatic system to count white blood cells in a blood smear. To do so an experiment was assembled, composed by a standard microscope with two step motors coupled to its knobs in order to move the microscope in x and y directions and a web cam which was mounted in the top of the microscope responsible for to acquire images from the smear. The step motors and the web cam are controlled by a microcomputer PC standard via software developed inDelphi. The motors use the parallel port to communicate with the PC and the camera use the USB port. The main idea is to set an initial point into the smear and the automated system will carry over the smear acquiring images (frames with 640 × 480 pixels) and counting the white blood cells encountered. The double histogram threshold technique is implemented to initially exclude the red cells from the image leaving only the white ones. Preliminaries results are obtained and show that the system is quite fast and has a good capacity of selection, even when different kinds of smear are used.

Maximizing the Efficiency of Automation Solutions with Automation 360: Approaches for Developing Subtasks and Retry Framework

I present a solution that explores the use of A360 subtasks as a comparable concept to functions in programming. By leveraging subtasks as reusable and maintainable functions, users can efficiently develop customized high-quality automation solutions. Additionally, the paper introduces the retry framework, which allows for the automatic retrying of subtasks in the event of system or unknown exceptions. This framework enhances efficiency and reduces the manual effort required to retrigger bots. The A360 Subtask and Retry Framework templates provide valuable assistance to both professional and citizen developers, improving code quality, maintainability, and the overall efficiency and resiliency of automation solutions.

基于PLC构建电力巡检机器人自动化控制系统

该文对电力巡检机器人的自动化控制系统进行以PLC为基础的设计,提升电力调度的效率与安全性。基于PLC构建电力巡检机器人自动化控制系统总体架构,通过上位机接收操纵台传递的操作者信息以及下位机传递的温度、角度等状态信息,通过OPC通信程序将指令下发至下位机,下位机依据上位机下达指令,通过PID驱动控制器完成电力巡检机器人运动控制,利用模糊C均值聚类方法判别电力巡检机器人故障,将结果实时传送到上位机操纵台的显示器,及时反馈机器人的工作状态。实验结果表明,该系统可以控制机器人完成电力巡检,该系统应用后可有效检测机器人故障,使其具备优秀的避障能力,可实现上下位机实时通信。

The Age of Automation

The robotics sector in China is expanding rapidly In the latest Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth II, viewers can see a broad variety of robots, from the super robot with artificial intelligence to the four-legged bionic robot. Many of the robots portrayed in the movie are actual robots that are being used in manufacturing, commerce, logistics, and healthcare, rather than being special effects.

基于Robot Framework测试框架的机载娱乐系统自动化测试设计

在对机载娱乐系统软件架构进行分析的基础上,阐明了机载娱乐系统自动化测试的必要性,设计了基于Robot Fra-mework测试框架的自动化分层测试组织结构,明确了自动化测试中测试用例、测试规程、测试结果之间的追踪性,并将设计的测试组织结构在实际项目中进行了应用。实践表明,采用所设计的自动化分层测试组织结构可以较好的满足机载娱乐系统在软件测试过程中的脚本维护、扩展、稳定测试等要求,有利于软件的快速交付。

平行四杆机构搬运机器人的设计与分析

对物流搬运方式进行了研究,在分析了传统AGV特点后,提出了一种利用平行四杆机构实现前后双向抓取、摆放动作的搬运机器人。首先,从整体角度描述机器人的机电结构,研究主要部件如螺杆丝杠、平行连杆、蜗轮蜗杆等的设计与特性;基于力学原理建立了搬运机器人起重部件的静力学模型,以弹簧为关键零件,采用全局搜索算法对其优选,显著降低抬升所需的最大输出扭矩,在分析中得出最大扭矩,由此进行减速器的设计;最后,基于静力学模型的受力分析结果,利用有限元分析方法对杆件进行了模拟仿真,获得应力和变形的分布情况。实验表明,结果满足预期设计的性能指标要求,并为进一步优化提供支持。