https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/rpa/18518/where-do-the-appian-rpa-bots-runDuring our 20.1 Product Announcement Webinar , we received this question from a community member: Where do the Appian RPA bots run?en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/72897?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:03:11 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:6d704b48-3904-40a6-b28f-b2dd4fecace4prittam.bagani<p><span>The Appian RPA robots mimic user actions to automate manual work. As such, every robotic process requires access to applications that need to be automated and bots access these applications just like a user would access them using a computer.&nbsp; The bot can run on Windows or Linux machines and typically these machines are set up as virtual machines. </span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>