Cloud robots overview

Note:

Feature availability depends on the cloud offering that you use. For details, refer to the Feature availability page.

Cloud robots are UiPath-managed execution hosts that run processes without requiring you to provision or maintain on-premises infrastructure. UiPath handles all the work behind the scenes — you configure your automations in Orchestrator and run jobs, while UiPath manages the underlying compute resources.

Cloud robot types

UiPath provides three cloud robot types, each designed for different infrastructure ownership and workload needs:

Type	Description	Best suited for
Automation Cloud™ Robots - VM	UiPath provides a virtual machine in the UiPath cloud. You configure the VM and run jobs; UiPath manages provisioning and maintenance.	Unattended automations that require a fully configured virtual machine environment.
Automation Cloud™ Robots - Serverless	No infrastructure provisioning required. UiPath manages all containers and scaling so you can run automations with no infrastructure overhead.	Background automations and performance testing scenarios that do not require managing underlying infrastructure.
Elastic Robot Orchestration	Auto-scaling robots hosted in your own cloud account. UiPath orchestrates provisioning and scaling on your behalf, within parameters you set.	Unattended workloads with variable demand where you want robots running in your own cloud environment.