BOT-ORCHESTRATION

Centralised RPA robot console.

Definition

Typical components: Robot Pool (machines + bots), Process Library (versioned packages), Queues (distributed work items), Schedules (cron triggers), Assets (configuration), Audit Log, Analytics. HA management via clustering. Granular RBAC for developers and business users. Web-accessible console or REST API. CI/CD integration via GitLab/Jenkins.

Origin

UiPath Orchestrator concept launched 2017 ; Automation Anywhere Control Room since 2010 ; Blue Prism Control Room original concept 2003.

Example in context

Bank of America Orchestrator manages 6000 robots on 1500 machines ; ~500 active processes, queue management for 4M transactions/month.

Related terms

• RPA CoE — global governance.