Future-proofing the enterprise refers to the actions taken by an organization to prepare itself for future changes and challenges in its industry, market, and the broader economy. 

Its goal is to ensure the company's long-term viability and competitiveness and minimize the potential for disruption and obsolescence. It's becoming more important for companies to predict future challenges and opportunities and be adequately prepared to maintain their position in the marketplace. 

By future-proofing your organization, you will reduce costs, become more efficient and scalable, and improve productivity. Those are just a few defensive measures, though. You will also build flexibility and resilience in your operations, empowering you to access new markets, drive higher customer loyalty, and capitalize on new opportunities more quickly. 

If you want to survive in a hyper-competitive, AI-driven business environment, you must anticipate and respond to future challenges and continuously evolve and adapt your firm. Rapidly evolving technology is transforming many industries and companies that don't keep up risk being left behind. By future-proofing your operations, you can stay ahead of technological advancements and leverage new technologies to gain a competitive advantage. 

The world is becoming more competitive, with new entrants and disruptors constantly emerging. Companies that don't future-proof their operations risk losing market share - or even being replaced by more agile and adaptive competitors. You must be better prepared to adapt to market shifts and capitalize on new opportunities. 

Economic volatility can significantly impact enterprises and those that are unprepared risk being caught off guard. Companies should build resilience, so they’re better able to weather economic storms.

It involves a combination of strategic investments, a forward-thinking culture, and a focus on data-driven decision-making. By adopting these strategies and tactics, companies can position themselves for success in the long term and remain competitive in a rapid-evolving competitive environment. 

People: Successful companies must foster a culture of innovation. They will encourage employees to think creatively and develop new ideas to stay ahead of the competition. With the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, companies must invest in their employees' training and reskilling to ensure they can keep up and have the necessary skills to work alongside AI technologies.


Process: The old way of doing things won't work. Agile methodologies will help your organization respond quickly to changes in the competitive landscape. Companies can adapt their strategies in real-time by breaking down projects into smaller, more manageable tasks. Also, future-proofed enterprises will embrace data-driven decision-making to make more informed choices and adapt appropriately to market-based challenges. 


Technology: Becoming an autonomous enterprise is the best way to thrive in the future. Large firms tend to have a blend of mainframes, home-grown legacy platforms, ERP systems, CRMs, and cloud-based SaaS solutions in their ecosystem. For end-to-end automation and future-proofing, these technologies must work seamlessly and reliably together and can easily utilize AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies.

Open-source Gen2 RPA is the way to future-proof your technology.

Gen2 RPA is an open-source intelligent automation solution that lets businesses connect and run operations powerfully and flexibly without affecting core systems. It uses the Python programming language and Robot Framework, giving it unmatched integrations, instant AI adoption, limitless scalability, and a wide range of uses - all with pay-as-you-go pricing and no licenses.

Whereas traditional Gen1 RPA solutions automated business processes for specific use cases and technologies, open-source Gen2 RPA is a lightweight, adaptable, and high-ROI approach to automating your entire enterprise and technology stack. 

Gen2 RPA seamlessly integrates with everything in your ecosystem - BPM, iPaaS, IDP, OCR, popular SaaS, and legacy platforms - regardless of age or vendor.

It reduces maintenance costs by 60% and helps developers build bots 2-3 times faster than traditional RPA solutions.

Developers can use VS Code, RPA Framework, and low-code IDEs. GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT make it easy to build durable robots and lower the learning curve for newer developers.

Inherent backward compatibility, no upgrading required, and lifetime code ownership without vendor lock-in.


Because it’s open-source, Gen2 RPA delivers lower costs, greater transparency, and the ability to customize and adapt to specific needs. This helps companies remain flexible and adaptable to changes in the business landscape. Gartner says that open-source software already handles 95% of mission-critical enterprise workloads. It’s becoming more popular as large companies find that it saves them money and has more benefits than proprietary tools. In fact, 80% of IT leaders plan to use enterprise open-source software for new technologies even more.

Future-proofing requires people, processes, and technology to work together. It is important to visualize your automation journey for today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Long-term automation success is largely driven by open platforms that are capable of integrating new technologies and features that haven't been developed yet. The AI world is changing fast, and as new advancements in AI are rolled out, open-source Gen2 RPA can seamlessly facilitate connections between AI and systems that reside in the cloud and on-prem. 

Robocorp is the industry leader in Gen2 RPA. Many of our customers see 3x - 10x gains in their RPA ROI compared to their experience with other automation solutions. We look forward to showing you the flexibility and dependability of open-source Gen2 RPA to automate your most complex enterprise business processes - at a fraction of the cost of traditional RPA solutions. 

Check out our case studies to see how other companies have transformed their businesses with Gen2 RPA. But, of course, we have other customers, too, and we’d love to share their stories and introduce you to them if you’d like. 

Robocorp is the leader in open-source Gen2 RPA - with hundreds of customers - from Fortune 500 enterprises to start-ups - that are augmenting or replacing UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere - or simply want to start their automation journey with a more modern platform. 

Visit https://robocorp.com/talk-to-sales to learn more. 

How to Future-Proof the Enterprise with Gen2 RPA

In intelligent automation, natural language processing (NLP) has become an increasingly important tool for businesses looking to streamline their operations. Thanks to OpenAI's latest announcement, integrating ChatGPT into your applications and business processes is now possible.

Using Robocorp's new Chat Completion Create keyword, Robotic process automation (RPA) developers can now create and test ChatGPT conversations for potential enterprise automation use cases. This article will examine possible NLP enterprise use cases and how the new keyword could support business operations.

ChatGPT is an AI-powered NLP tool that enables users to have more human-like conversations with a chatbot. OpenAI created ChatGPT and launched it on Nov. 30, 2022. OpenAI also developed DALLE•2, an AI art generator, and Whisper.

ChatGPT has made a significant impact in the tech industry. It had more than one million users in its first five days after launching, according to OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman. UBS estimates that ChatGPT is the fastest-growing app, with 100 million active users just two months after its launch. It uses an LLM, a large language model called GPT-3.5, with 175 billion parameters, making it one of the largest and most powerful language processing models.

What sets ChatGPT apart is its ability to produce human-like responses based on the vast amounts of data it is trained on. For example, it logs context from users' earlier messages in a thread to form responses later in the conversation.

Let’s talk about the art of the possible for a minute. By combining ChatGPT with Robocorp’s intelligent RPA platform, companies could boost their automation capabilities with NLP to understand and reply to user questions in a more natural way. It could also summarize information and offer evaluations.

Before we go much further, let’s address privacy concerns, which are top of mind with nearly everyone today. As of Mar 1, 2023, OpenAI states they will NOT use data submitted by customers through their API for model training purposes - meaning they won’t repeat what you’ve said - unless you explicitly opt-in to share data. 

Additionally, any data sent to OpenAI via their API will be retained for abuse and misuse monitoring purposes for a maximum of 30 days, after which it will be deleted (unless otherwise required by law).

We suspect most enterprises will wait until more precise privacy guidelines and safeguards are in place before integrating ChatGPT into their business operations / automations. However, ChatGPT and other NLP tools are evolving at the speed of light, so it is advisable to experiment with possible integrations and business use cases to understand your options better as you plan for an AI-powered future.

Robocorp’s intelligent automation platform is based on the Python programming language, which means it interfaces with most technologies, regardless of age or vendor, and can automate virtually any business process. Python-based automation is the most flexible, adaptable, and cost-effective option for enterprises needing to drive significant ROI now and future-proof their operations for a hyper-competitive business environment.

A convenient bonus is that Robocorp shares the same language as most AI/ML models - meaning you can seamlessly tie artificial intelligence into your business processes with Python and certain open-source tools discussed below. Here are a few things you could potentially do by combining ChatGPT with Robocorp’s intelligent automation:

Finance and accounting: ChatGPT could help generate financial reports, invoices, budgets, forecasts, etc., based on data from enterprise applications such as SAP or Oracle. It can also interact with customers or vendors to collect payments, send reminders, negotiate discounts, etc.


Supply chain management: ChatGPT could help analyze historical sales data, market trends, customer feedback, etc., from enterprise applications such as Salesforce or Zendesk. It can also interact with suppliers or customers to confirm orders and provide updates,


Human resources: ChatGPT could be used with Robocorp to create and help update employee profiles, contracts, benefits, payroll, etc., based on data from enterprise applications such as Workday or ADP. It can also interact with employees or candidates to answer FAQs, schedule interviews, provide feedback, etc.


Training: ChatGPT could create and deliver personalized learning content for employees based on their roles, skills, goals, etc., using applications such as LinkedIn Learning or Coursera. It could also interact with learners to assess their progress and provide guidance, feedback, quizzes, etc., using RPA tools such as Google Classroom or Moodle.


Customer service: ChatGPT could generate personalized responses for customer inquiries based on data from enterprise applications such as Salesforce or Zendesk. It could also interact with customers to resolve issues, provide recommendations, follow up, etc.


These are just several examples of how ChatGPT, Robocorp, and enterprise applications could work together to automate complex business processes in different departments. Your imagination is really the only limiting factor.

We encourage RPA and Python developers to experiment with Robocorp using OpenAI’s API. We look forward to hearing about your use cases and experiences. Robocorp offers several ways to interact with ChatGPT and other OpenAI applications. One way is using Robocorp’s RPA Framework. 

To get started, sign up for an OpenAI API key. Next, go to the Robocorp RPA Framework OpenAI library. From here, you will see our library of OpenAI keywords, which are pre-built blocks of code that help simplify integrating OpenAI applications and services into your intelligent automations. 

Currently, we provide the following keywords for NLP and image generation:

Authorize To Openai - a keyword to authorize your connection to OpenAI’s API.


Chat Completion Create - a keyword for creating ChatGPT text completions in OpenAI. This keyword returns a list containing its response as a string and the message history as a list. 


Completion Create - a keyword for creating text completions in OpenAI. The keyword returns a text string.


Image Create - a keyword for creating one or more images in OpenAI. The keyword returns a list of image URLs.


Image Create Variation -  a keyword for creating one or more image variations. The keyword returns a list of image URLs. Source files must be valid PNGs, less than 4MB and square.


Here’s a short video clip that shows what you can create with ChatGPT using Robocorp’s Chat Completion Create keyword. 

Robocorp's ChatGPT Chat Completion Keyword

Another way to use Robocorp with OpenAI is by downloading a pre-built bot from our Portal. At the time of this article, there were two bots available for download:

OpenAI GPT-3 and chatGPT completions and DALL.E image generation - The robot allows users to create text and ChatGPT completions and images with OpenAI.


Solve a Triviaplaza quiz using OpenAI GPT-3 - This robot completes Triviaplaza's trivia quiz, asking OpenAI for the answers. We don’t suggest using this during Trivia night, but it's a fun use case. 


Check out this video where Robonaut Eki Palen demonstrates these two Portal bots. 

Coding for Success Vol.2  - Connecting Robocorp to Chat GPT

By pairing ChatGPT with Robocorp, enterprises can save time and resources, increasing productivity and reducing errors. This results in a higher return on investment and greater efficiency for the company. In addition, it can help ensure compliance with regulations and improve security by following rules and protocols. Finally, customers, employees, and suppliers will love getting the correct information immediately - creating a less frictional experience. 

By scaling these automations across the organization, teams can enjoy even more significant benefits as more and more tasks are automated. And finally, this can boost employee satisfaction by freeing workers from mundane, repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on higher-value work. 

Robocorp makes it possible for businesses and teams to work smarter by breaking down barriers between RPA and intelligent automation. The company makes building software robots and automating manual tasks easy, affordable, and fast with first-class, open-source process automation tools. It also gives customers a strong, secure platform for orchestration and execution that lets them run both cloud-based and self-managed robotic automations with pricing based on how much they use. 

Robocorp is backed by Benchmark, Canvas Ventures, Slow Ventures, FirstMinute Capital, Harpoon Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, Haystack, and angels. Robocorp is headquartered in San Francisco, with our primary offices being online. 

Robocorp Announces Integration with ChatGPT for RPA Use Cases

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a technology that uses software robots to perform business processes across various applications. These robots mimic human actions, allowing them to interact with desktop and web applications in the same way as a human operator. 

RPA has brought about a significant change in the way businesses approach automation. From its early days of rudimentary task automation, the industry moved towards intelligent automation, which includes features like intelligent document processing and basic chatbots. The industry is now entering a new phase emphasizing open ecosystems and integrated data flows.

Microsoft’s Power Automate software is a popular RPA solution for on-premise attended automation use cases, where human operators work alongside software robots to complete tasks. It provides a drag-and-drop interface allowing users to automate desktop and browser application tasks. Examples include data entry, document processing, and email management. 

Power Automate also has a cloud-based digital process automation (DPA) offering that lets companies model processes by connecting to their Azure data and using Power Automate connectors. There are some drawbacks to their DPA solution, though. It has complex licensing tied to Azure, limits your use case options, and doesn’t integrate as seamlessly with AI. 

Power Automate + Robocorp = Best in Class Automation

Today, many enterprises combine Microsoft's Power Automate and Robocorp tools to automate complex end-to-end business processes. Robocorp's cloud-based automation can interface with any technology and works 10x faster than traditional RPA. In addition, it integrates with AI and machine learning tools and services. This makes it perfect for unattended automation use cases. For example, power Automate handles attended desktop automation tasks, usually with a human in the loop - and Robocorp orchestrates cloud-based unattended automations between varying disparate technologies and departments.

Here are a few automation use case examples:

Invoice Processing: Businesses automate the entire invoice processing workflow, including data extraction, validation, and entry into the accounting system. This reduces errors, speeds up the process, and allows employees to focus on more valuable tasks.


HR Onboarding: Onboarding new employees can be a tedious and lengthy process. Using Power Automate and Robocorp, businesses can automate the onboarding process, from sending offer letters and collecting new hire information to provisioning accounts and setting up equipment. This reduces the time and effort required for onboarding, improves accuracy, and frees HR staff to focus on other important tasks.


Customer Service: Good customer experiences nurture repeat buyers. Businesses can automate common customer service tasks, such as responding to emails, routing tickets to the correct department, and updating customer records. This encourages a frictionless experience, improves response times, reduces errors, and frees customer service representatives to handle more complex issues.

For RPA developers that want to pair Microsoft Power Automate with Robocorp, you can visit our Portal and download an example bot to connect the two technologies and trigger a process. 

The evolution of RPA has significantly changed how businesses approach automation. From rudimentary automation, the industry moved towards intelligent automation, and it is now entering a new phase that emphasizes open ecosystems and integrated data flows. 

Microsoft's Power Automate and Robocorp are two best-in-class solutions, especially when used together. Their combination allows enterprises to automate complex end-to-end processes, reduce errors, speed up processes, and free employees to focus on more valuable tasks. In addition, it scales infinitely and offers consumption-based pricing, so you don’t pay for unused infrastructure like other RPA solutions. As the industry evolves, businesses will remain competitive.

Automation Dream Team: Robocorp’s Python-based Gen2 RPA + Microsoft Power Automate

Today we’ll examine how to build and scale large open-source robotic process automations while avoiding the pitfalls, fragility, and maintenance overhead associated with traditional Gen1 automation approaches. By combining Robocorp’s RPA Framework with Playwright, you can build headless bots that quickly and reliably click, navigate, read, enter data, submit forms, and more - as part of broader enterprise automations.

Robocorp's open-source initiative RPA Framework is a collection of libraries and keywords written in Python language and offers a human-readable, composable, and extensible approach to developing automations. It’s a collection of self-contained units of functionality that can be easily combined with other keywords to build larger automations. Think of them as programmatic building blocks that can be combined to implement intricate automations. 

Automating browser interactions with RPA Framework + Playwright

Playwright is an open-source tool initially developed by Microsoft for testing and automating browser interactions. It's important because it helps developers ensure the quality and reliability of their automations by catching and fixing bugs early in the development process. Once put into production, it dramatically improves data accuracy and the processing speed of automations since human interactions with the browser are limited or removed.

Why use the RPA Framework Playwright library?

Robocorp’s Playwright library makes it easy to build stable and reliable browser automations. Most Gen1 RPA solutions don’t offer Playwright as an option to interact with web applications, which can cause frequently broken bots. Also, RPA Framework enhances automations beyond native Playwright. It reduces bot fragility and seamlessly interacts with other RPA Framework libraries like Excel, Salesforce, JavaAccessBridge, SAP, and more to build end-to-end automations. This dramatically reduces your automation TCO, speeds ROI, cuts down on broken bots, and opens up a new world of automation possibilities.

If you are new to Robocorp technology, please visit our documentation site. Click here to view the RPA Framework welcome page. Categories include applications, browsers, cloud, databases, and more. On the left side of the screen, you’ll see the list of RPA Framework libraries we built to make your development process faster and your automations more reliable.

Clicking on the RPA.Browser.Playwright link in the left navigation pane brings you to the Playwright's Read Me page, which provides an overview of browser automation, a table of contents, and notable features and context. Please read through this page before building your automations with keywords. 

You’ll also see several library navigation links toward the top of the page and shortcuts to keywords in the right navigation pane.

The library’s list of keywords can be found by clicking on the “Keywords” link near the top of the page. Keywords are browser actions that can be automated. 

As of this writing, there were 118 keywords in the Playwright library. These include browser actions like Add Cookie, Add Style Tag, Check Checkbox, Clear Permissions, Clear Text, Click, Close Browser, Close Context, Close Page, and more. 

These keywords make it easy for developers to build reliable automations in composable and extensive ways rapidly. 

Clicking on the “Learning Materials” link near the top of the page takes you to a listing of additional learning resources and supporting materials to help you automate browser interactions and leverage other RPA Framework libraries. 

For even more support, you can scroll down the left navigation pane of the documentation site and find more resources under Troubleshooting, FAQs, and Releases / Changelog. Here you’ll discover how to submit issues, resolve common hurdles, and stay apprised of new software features and other changes.

Additionally, users can access the Robocorp Portal and search for pre-built Playwright robots. Below is a screenshot of currently available bots for specific use cases. 

Top-5 reasons to use Playwright for automations

Automating browser interactions with RPA Framework’s Playwright library helps enterprises automatically input data into systems, gather and verify employee information, handle routine customer inquiries, manage supply chain tasks, and compile data from various sources.

Playwright is a powerful, flexible, and best-in-class tool for enterprise automation. In addition, it is actively maintained by Microsoft, which means it is well-supported and regularly updated with new features and improvements. Here are a few other reasons why:

Playwright is fast and reliable - It uses the same underlying browser engines as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, so it can accurately simulate user interactions and automatically detect and recover from errors. It can also run on multiple browsers simultaneously, making it easier to test for browser compatibility.

It’s easier to use - It has a simple, intuitive API that allows developers to write scripts in popular programming languages like Python. It requires less code than similar tools and has deeper level access to the browser to better manage tasks like “wait until element is visible” automatically. 

It has powerful features - It can simulate user input, such as typing and clicking, and advanced gestures, like scrolling and dragging. It can also automatically generate reports and screenshots, making debugging and tracking issues easy.

It has great support for modern web features - It can interact with web pages that use newer technologies like WebAssembly and WebGL, which other tools may not support.

Playwright has better integration with continuous integration (CI) and deployment pipelines - It can be easily integrated into popular CI platforms like GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, making it easier to automate the deployment process.


Leveraging our RPA Framework Playwright library can help your enterprise drive efficiency, cut costs, and improve accuracy. In addition, it frees up time for employees to focus on more value-adding activities, leading to increased efficiency. 

You also reduce the risk of errors in processes prone to human mistakes - improving governance and compliance. And enterprises can adapt to changing business needs more quickly and agile in their operations.

Start automating for free today, or talk to a pro about our simple and affordable enterprise offerings. With RPA Framework and Robocorp, you can automate 3x faster at ⅓ of the cost of traditional RPA and intelligent automation providers. We look forward to working with you. 

Are you using Playwright? Put your scripts into Robocorp to get immediate enterprise scale.

Finance and accounting departments continue to face challenges that compromise financial performance and compliance. From workforce shortages, regulatory changes, siloed business processes, and a patchwork of technology - the accounting function is becoming more complicated and prone to risk than ever before. 

Many senior managers tell us that the record-to-report (R2R) process is their department’s most complex and labor-intensive area - and draws frequent scrutiny from executive leaders, investors, and other stakeholders.

Closing and reporting is a tricky process

Period close and reporting is a complicated process that involves finance and operational teams across multiple business units and relies on an array of financial systems and office productivity documents. 

For large businesses, the controller group may struggle with unorganized data collection and reconciliation processes across the enterprise. It must be a finely-tuned and well-orchestrated set of activities. But with any human-intensive process, mistakes and delays become the norm rather than the exception.

Along with data accuracy, Financial Close Cycle Time is a crucial performance benchmark closely monitored by the CFO. This is the average number of business days it takes a finance and accounting team to close the books and submit finalized financial reports to management and regulatory authorities at the end of the accounting period.

It’s possible to automate the R2R process

High-performing organizations take 4-5 days to complete the process, while lower performers take 10+ days. Teams on the low-performing end can improve results by implementing standardized procedures, enforcing internal controls - and, most importantly - automating as much of the process as possible. 

For years, finance and accounting teams have employed some form of automation, but many use it as a point solution with limited impact on the overall R2R function. This is where a new generation of robotic process automation (RPA) comes into play. We call it Gen2 RPA, and it delivers transformational results to the broader accounting function - not just a handful of flimsy transactional fixes. 

Gen2 RPA connects deeper into any of your applications - and brings secure and infinitely scalable digital workers to life to automate your most complex R2R processes - with no licensing fees and a simple pay-as-you-use pricing model.

Top-5 use cases that transform R2R performance

Here are five examples of how Gen2 RPA digital workers can automate more of your end-to-end record-to-report processes, so you spend less time collecting, sorting, and scrubbing data - and more time delivering accurate forecasts and operational excellence. 

Establish standardized templates and automated processes to pull financial data from multiple business unit systems across the organization.

Set up triggers, actions, and conditional logic to ensure data is collected, reviewed, and approved on time.

Capture, index, and search for anomalies and errors. 

Alert responsible teams of possible errors. 

Organize aggregated data into structured tables.

Map data into standardized financial report templates.

Prompt, collect, and process edits from business unit controllers and financial managers.

Package reports and prepare tax system entries. 

Release the reports to the financial reporting team.

Prompt, collect, and process edits from business heads and the CFO.

Push reports to the audit committee for filing approval, then submit to the SEC. 

#5 Prepare Management Reports for Analysis

Map data into standardized management reports.

Prompt, collect, and process edits / comments from executive stakeholders.

Approve and submit management reports to appropriate parties. 

Gen2 RPA digital workers reliably automate finance and accounting teams’ most critical R2R processes - to accelerate close and reporting activities, reduce costs and errors, and strengthen financial governance and controls. In addition, you can improve employee satisfaction and retention by assigning repetitive and unrewarding tasks to digital workers.

Robocorp is the industry leader in Gen2 RPA and brings digital workers to life so your finance team can work smarter, not harder. We deliver 80% increased speed and elasticity - no licensing fees and a consumption-based pricing model. In addition, we complement your existing technology investments and provide positive ROI and TCO data at a glance.

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How to Future-Proof the Enterprise with Gen2 RPA

Robocorp Announces Integration with ChatGPT for RPA Use Cases

Automation Dream Team: Robocorp’s Python-based Gen2 RPA + Microsoft Power Automate

Are you using Playwright? Put your scripts into Robocorp to get immediate enterprise scale.

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