# Cloud robots overview

> Overview of cloud robots as UiPath-managed infrastructure for running automations without local setup.

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Feature availability depends on the cloud offering that you use. For details, refer to the [Feature availability page](https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/orchestrator-feature-availability#orchestrator-feature-availability).
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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 offers three cloud robot types. The table below compares types by infrastructure ownership model and workload fit.

**Managed vs. customer-owned infrastructure:**
* **UiPath-managed** — Automation Cloud Robots (VM and Serverless)
* **Customer-owned** — Elastic Robot Orchestration in your cloud account

### Available robot types

| Type | Description | Best suited for |
|------|-------------|-----------------|
| [Automation Cloud™ Robots - VM](https://docs.uipath.com/robot/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/about-automation-cloud-robots-vm) | UiPath provides and manages a virtual machine. You configure the VM and run jobs. | Unattended automations that require a fully configured virtual machine environment. |
| [Automation Cloud™ Robots - Serverless](https://docs.uipath.com/robot/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/automation-cloud-robots-serverless) | Fully managed containers with no infrastructure provisioning. UiPath handles all scaling and management. | Background automations and performance testing with zero infrastructure overhead. |
| [Elastic Robot Orchestration](https://docs.uipath.com/robot/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/elastic-robot-orchestration) | Auto-scaling robots in your own cloud account. UiPath manages orchestration within your parameters. | Unattended workloads with variable demand in your own cloud environment. |