# December 2021

> December 2021 release notes for Robot in Automation Cloud.

## December 13, 2021

### Automation Cloud™ Robots (Preview)

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This feature is only available to Enterprise and Enterprise Trial customers and requires an Automation Cloud Robots license. For the duration of the preview, all customers who have an Enterprise license receive a free Automation Cloud Robots license, which is required to use this feature. Happy automating!
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Automation Cloud robots make it easy to set up the necessary infrastructure to run automation.

We handle all the work behind the scenes and give you a virtual machine on which to run automations. The only thing you have to do is configure the virtual machine and run jobs.

Similar to [elastic robot orchestration](https://docs.uipath.com/robot/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/elastic-robot-orchestration), this is a solution to help reduce the effort for getting your robots up and running, except you do not need a subscription to a cloud services provider (CSP).

For instructions, see [Automation Cloud™ Robots - VM](https://docs.uipath.com/robot/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/about-automation-cloud-robots-vm).

To learn more about feature, also see the [related forum post](https://forum.uipath.com/t/automation-cloud-robots-are-now-in-public-preview/369487).