What Is Cognitive Automation?

Anyone who has been following the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) revolution that is transforming enterprises worldwide has also been hearing about how artificial intelligence (AI) can augment traditional RPA tools to do more than just RPA alone can achieve. You might even have noticed that some RPA software vendors -- Automation Anywhere is one of them -- are attempting to be more precise with their language. Rather than call our intelligent software robot (bot) product an AI-based solution, we say it is built around cognitive computing theories. But is that any clearer? Let's try and dispel some of it.