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Robot admin guide
Last updated Nov 4, 2024

Hardware and software requirements

The following hardware and software specifications list the minimum and recommended resources for a single robot to execute jobs.

Important:

These requirements only consider the resources needed for the automation, and do not include the resources used by other applications involved in the automations.

Hardware requirements

Resource

Minimum

Recommended

CPU (*)

  • For Intel x64: 2 x 1.8GHz 64-bit

  • For ARM64: Apple M1

  • For Intel x64: 4 x 2.4GHz 64-bit

  • For ARM64: Apple M1

RAM (**)

4 GB

8 GB

Disk Space (***)

UiPathStudio.msi:

  • 3.4 GB for new silent installations. 1 GB of additional space is required for UI-based installations.
  • 3.4 - 3.8 GB for automatic updates (varies depending on the version you are updating from). 1 GB of additional space is required for UI-based updates.
UiPathRobot.msi:
  • 1.6 GB for new silent installations and updates.
  • 1.9 GB for UI-based installations and updates.
(*) UiPath does not support the ARM architecture on Windows.

(**) Automations that use Document Understanding frameworks might need additional RAM.

(***) The disk space requirements do not include the space for the automation dependencies, such as packages and libraries.

Software requirements

Resource

Supported versions

Details

Operating System

Windows 10

Windows 10 N

 

Windows 11

 

Microsoft Azure Windows 10 Enterprise Multi-Session

Works with Azure Virtual Desktops (AVD). 1

Supports Windows 365 machines.

Microsoft Azure Windows 11 Enterprise Multi-SessionSupports Windows 365 machines.

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2022

 

Windows Server Core 2016

Windows Server Core 2019

Windows Server Core 2022

Can only run background unattended jobs.

By default, jobs run under the local system account. To use a specific user, set their credentials in Orchestrator. Then, on the robot machine, set the UIPATH_HEADLESS_WITH_USER environment variable to True.
MacOS version 10.15 (Catalina) or greater.Required by the Assistant for Mac.

XenApp v6.5 or greater

 

XenDesktop v7.0 or greater

 

.NET Framework

Version 4.6.1 or greater

To run Studio in any of the available languages, install the matching language pack version for your .NET framework, and remove conflicting .Net versions.

Web Browsers (for browser automation)

Microsoft Edge 78 or greater with Internet Explorer (IE) mode

Internet Explorer as a desktop application is out of support starting June 15 2022, Internet Explorer 11 being the last major version.

We continue to provide the support for Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer (IE) mode, which offers built-in legacy browser support for sites requiring Internet Explorer.

Automated with the extension for Microsoft Edge.

Google Chrome version 64 or greater

Automated with the extension for Chrome or the Webdriver protocol.

Mozilla Firefox version 52.0 or greater

Automated with the extension for Firefox or the Webdriver protocol.

Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 version 1803 or greater

Automated with the extension for Microsoft Edge.

Web browsers (for interactive sign in)

  

Microsoft Office (for projects created with StudioX)

Office 2013 
Office 2016 
Office 2019 
Office 2021 
Office 365 

IP

IPv4

 
 

IPv6

Assistant can be installed on IPv6-compatible operating systems.

Important:

We advise keeping Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) sessions active when running unattended automations on Virtual Machines. Disconnected AVD sessions can prevent the creation of new robot sessions, resulting in job timeouts.

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