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S. Schlund, M. Schmidt:
"Robotic Process Automation in Industrial Engineering: Challenges and Future Perspectives";
in: "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems", 274; issued by: Springer, Cham.; Springer, 2021, ISSN: 2367-3389, 320 - 327.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is an emerging technology in the field of software automation, which is making rapid progress within efficiency-driven industries. Whilst it has found broad dispersion in the automation of office tasks, its potentials in manufacturing and industrial engineering are unexhausted. This paper explores the basic concepts and possible extensions of RPA, and identifies targets promising application areas in industrial engineering. For this purpose, a systematic literature review was carried out to deepen insights into the state-of-the-art, methods and research type facets. Over the past five years 21 scientific contributions have been identified and classified according to bibliometric data, their specific contribution (i.e., analysis, concepts, methods, metrics, tools) and the applied research type (i.e., evaluation, experience, solution, validation, vision). The results of literature survey reveals existing research gaps in particular emphasizing on strong demands of manufacturing and industrial engineering sectors to catch up on research work to leverage large potentials of RPA for future applications.

Robotic Process Automation, Manufacturing, Industrial engineering, Literature review

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80462-6_40