Employees of the #UWV spread across the country came to Amsterdam for the event The Future of Tech. An event where many new technologies were showcased: greenscreens, VR glasses, there was so much to see and do. In room two, dozens of laptops were ready for the workshop by MvR “Build your own #robot“. Curious people shuffled into the room and sat down at the laptops. It was so busy that multiple people had to share one laptop. Marcel Dekker opened the workshop and talked about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within the UWV. Two digital assistants (alias robots) are already taking over several repetitive tasks within the UWV. Johans Brink (MvR DW) guided the participants step by step in building their own robot. The Uipath program was started. The participants, initially a bit awkward with this new interface, quickly realised that when they followed the steps, the little robot really worked! After about forty minutes, everyone had built a little robot that starts Google, searches for news about the UWV, and emails a screenshot of this news to their own email address.
The surprise exclamations flew through the room: the robot does what you want, and the result is immediately visible, namely an email with the news in your mailbox! The questions about how #RPA could then be used in their own work and whether they could practice with Uipath flew around Marcel and Johans. A very successful workshop. The future of tech with RPA has become a little closer for everyone.'