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Robotic Process Automation: Article 1 of a series of articles on Hyperautomation By Aditya Abeysinghe   I have discussed about the usage of robots as agents for delivering consumer goods in my article titled “Personal Delivery Devices” and about the use of robots in the cloud in my article titled “Cloud Robotics”. Besides these emerging uses of robots, another emerging use of robots is to automate tasks that are repetitive in nature. When I say repetitive, I mean repetitive tasks related to computers. For example, filling forms, completing keystrokes and reading screens can be repetitive in many processes we use today. The use of automation to automate tasks is known as process automation. When robots or bots are used for this process, it is called Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Why RPA? Process automation is not a new process. From conveyor belts to day-to-day household equipment, automation changed the way people ...