Configuring robots in Control Room

To run your robots locally using Robocorp Workforce Agent or in a Robocorp-Hosted Cloud Worker, you need to configure Control Room.

Create a new robot in Control Room

Go to Control Room, select a workspace, navigate to the Robots section, and click the New robot button. Provide a name for the robot, for example, Search for cat pictures. Leave the other options as they are, and press the Add button.

Upload the robot code to Control Room

You can upload your robot to Control Room using VS Code Robocorp extension.

After Control Room processes the robot, you can see the steps defined in your package on the UI.

Unattended Process

Create a new process

Navigate to the Processes section, and click the New process button. Provide a name for the process, for example, Google image search.

Add a step to the process, selecting an unattended worker for it

1. Click on the process you created.
2. Click the Configure process button.
3. In the Steps section, click the Add step button.
4. Select the robot to add.
5. Select a Worker or a Worker Group. The default is Robocorp-Hosted Cloud Worker (robocorp/robocontainer:latest).

Run the process

Navigate to the Workspace section and click the Start button.

Note: If needed, you can also set your process up so it can be executed using a remote API call.

Assistant robot

Navigate to the Assistants section, and click the New Assistant button. Provide a name for the assistant, for example, My assistant. Select your robot, and click Create:

Learn more about robot assistants in Control Room.

Summary

You configured a robot for running in Control Room from scratch.