Pre-General Availability: 2024-09-02

About the Robot Agent

You install a robot agent on every environment, which is the computer or virtual machine where a robot runs. The robot agent runs the instances of the robots on these environments.

To learn more about environments, see About Environments and Environment Pools.

Familiar with the Connectivity Agent?

If you're familiar with the connectivity agent in Oracle Integration, the robot agent offers similar capabilities with some differences.

Area	Connectivity agent	Robot agent
Usage	You use the connectivity agent when an integration must connect to a private or on-premises network.	You use the robot agent to run a robot on an environment.
Installation and number	You install the connectivity agent on an on-premises machine, typically a virtual machine. Your organization can install one or many connectivity agents.	You install the robot agent on every environment that will run a robot.
Components	The connectivity agent actually includes two agents: SaaS agent, which runs in Oracle Integration. Oracle manages this agent. On-premises agent, which you must install and manage.	The robot agent includes only the robot agent that you install on each environment.

Your Responsibilities

Your organization is responsible for the following tasks:

• Ensuring that all environments meet the system requirements for the robot agent.

  See System Requirements.

• Installing the robot agent on every environment and, if required, configuring the robot agent as a Windows service.

  See Complete Prerequisites.

• Keeping the robot agent up to date on every environment.