DIGITAL DISRUPTION
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“ At Automation Anywhere we talk about ‘ taking the robot out of the human ’, so taking those jobs that humans are doing which are repetitive , dull and rules-based and giving them to a bot or digital worker ”
— James Dening VP & European RPA Evangelist , Automation Anywhere
“ RPA is just a part of it ; we ’ re looking at the future of work ,” he enthuses . “ At Automation Anywhere we talk about ‘ taking the robot out of the human ’ – so taking those jobs that humans are doing which are repetitive , dull and rules-based and giving them to a bot or digital worker .” RPA is just one tool available in Automation Anywhere ’ s portfolio . Establishing what it describes as ‘ digital workers ’, the firm has created a technology which weaves together RPA , artificial intelligence ( AI ) and machine learning ( ML ) to introduce a virtual employee . Whilst typical software robots ( or bots ) are task-centric , these digital workers are built to augment human workers by performing business functions from start to finish . For instance , a digital worker could regularly submit invoices through a system from start to finish . “ Augmenting human workers not only brings advantages to businesses around productivity and finances , but it also helps to free up people ’ s time so they can focus on the things that only humans can do – the creative tasks , leadership projects and group discussions with other people .”
JUNE 2019