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INTELLIGENT RPA
CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ SAP LEONARDO IOT BRIDGE ’ 65 humans think and RPA copies the way humans act . In both cases , the results are often significantly faster and more accurate , but limited in scope compared to human efforts . While the first references to intelligent objects can be found as far back as Homer ’ s Iliad , and science fiction writers like Isaac Asimov have long entertained the possibility for AI to simulate and even exceed human capabilities , RPA has – perhaps fittingly - led a humbler existence . That isn ’ t to say that it ’ s less likely to change the world .
INTELLIGENT RPA
RPA in its modern form seems as if it has only just arrived . The gist of the technology is that , unlike previous forms of automation which ran in the back-end of a system , RPA allows for robots to interact directly with humantargeted graphical user interfaces ( GUIs ). By watching and recording a human teacher ’ s inputs , RPA technology can then repeat those inputs , albeit more quickly , reliably and inputting alternative forms of data if necessary .
Already , however , a number of
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