Computer Vision in UiPath’s Automation Ecosystem: Automation Beyond Selectors

Computer Vision in UiPath is a novel solution that lets the creation of automation bots in applications where the traditional selectors aren’t available and rather rendered as image of the screen. This research paper discusses how Computer Vision helps resolve challenges related to image based automation. Also, it mentions how automation used to be configured in Citrix environments or VDI environments prior to introduction of Computer vision feature in UiPath, and the problems related to image based automation. Different features and techniques available within Computer Vision activity package including the available activities and how they can be leveraged while configuring automation is mentioned. As these activities are embedded in the UI automation package in UiPath, it is seamless to use and configure the CV automation.