2017年英國《經濟學人》雜誌曾提出，「世界上最寶貴的資源不再是石油，而是數據」。隨著物聯網時代來臨，工業應用領域也開始整合各種技術而掀起新一波工業革命。因為大量自動化及數據化，除了升級自動化設備、整合網通系統，監控設備產生的大數據，透過工業電腦進行分析，經由人工智能判斷邏輯產生條件，再由設備自主處理各種生產問題。除去大量勞動，專注於大數據自動化處理，即能生產更優質的產品，並且優化流程，降低企業成本。 自動化流程機器人(Robotic Process Automation)能自動的管理並執行企業大量耗費時間與人力的業務流程，可用於客戶服務、人力管理、供應鏈管理、採購、會計等範疇。物聯網(IoT)時代下的機器人自動化流程加入了認知運算等新興技術，更能進一步提升企業效率並降低成本。自動化流程機器人(Robotic Process Automation)儼然成下一個新的生產力革命。 市場研究機構IDC預測，2017年全球在認知和人工智慧系統支出將達到125億美元，和2016年相比成長達59.3%。Google母公司Alphabet公開測試無人駕駛汽車、阿里宣佈投資千億成立達摩院、百度機器人入駐肯德基等等。人工智慧(Artificial Intelligence)將顛覆商業思維、改寫商業模式。在2020年，人工智慧(Artificial Intelligence)將成為市場上真正的「主流」技術思維。IDC並且認為亞洲將在2020年成為全球第二大認知與人工智慧輸出區域。 本文探討自動化流程機器人與人工智慧之間的關聯，以及流程優化後對企業所產生的影響與變革．並且針對個案的自動化解決方案所達到的效益與後續發展進行評估與檢討，藉以提升自動化解決方案，協助企業在未來挑戰的競爭環境中創造最佳化優勢． / “The Economist” stated in 2017 that “the world’s most precious resource is no longer oil but data”. With the advent of the Internet of Things, industrial applications have begun to integrate various technologies and set off a new wave of industrial revolution. Because of a large amount of automation and data, in addition to upgrading automation soluitons, integrating netcom systems, and monitoring the big data generated by the solutions, analysis is performed through industrial computers, and conditions are generated through the logic judgment of artificial intelligence, and then the solutions autonomously handles various processes. It can produce better products, optimize the process and reduce business costs to focus on automation of big data and to save a lot of labor hiring. Robotic Process Automation can automate the management and execution of a large number of business processes that consume time and manpower, and can be used in areas such as customer service, manpower management, supply chain management, procurement, finance and accounting. The robotic automation process in the Internet of Things (IoT) era has added emerging technologies such as cognitive computing to further enhance the efficiency of enterprises and to reduce costs. Robotic Process Automation becomes the next new productivity revolution. In 2017, marketing research firm, IDC, predicts that global spendings on cognitive and artificial intelligence systems will reach US$12.5 billion, which represents a growth of 59.3% compared to 2016. Google, the parent company of Alphabet, publicly tests driverless cars, Ali announced that it has invested 100 billion to establish Daruma House, Baidu Robots has settled in Kentucky. Artificial Intelligence will disrupt business thinking and rewrite business models. In 2020, Artificial Intelligence will become the real "mainstream" technical thinking in the market. IDC also believes that Asia will become the world’s second largest cognitive and artificial intelligence output region in 2020. The article discusses the relationships between robotic process automation and artificial intelligence, and also the impact and changes after implementing the solutions. It has also evaluated and reviewed the effectiveness and following development of the automated solutions, so as to enhance the values of automation solutions and to help companies create optimal advantages in the future challenging and competitive environment.