Managing Running Robots

Stopping a Robot

To stop a Robot that is not currently running:

  1. In the Approved robots tab, tick the check box of the robot you wish to stop.

  2. Click the STOP  button.

  3. The following dialog box opens:

  4. Click the STOP NOW button.

To stop a currently running robot (and the tasks it is running):

  1. In the Approved robots tab, tick the check box of the robot you wish to stop.

  2. Click the STOP  button.

  3. The following dialog box opens:

  4. Click the STOP NOW button to Robot (and its current task immediately), or, click the FINISH TASK THEN STOP button to wait until the task is finished and then stop the robot.

What's the difference between stopping a robot and stopping its tasks?

When you stop a robot:

  • The task that it is currently running will stop (according the option chosen in the Stop Robots dialog box described above); and

  • The robot will not be available to run other tasks until it is restarted

When you stop a robot's tasks:

  • The tasks will stop (according to the option chosen in the Stop Tasks dialog box described above); and

  • The robot will be immediately available to run other tasks

Pausing a Robot

To pause a currently running robot:

  1. In the Approved robots tab, tick the checkbox of the robot you wish to pause

  2. Click the PAUSE button

  3. In the dialog box that opens, confirm that you wish to pause the selected robot

What's the difference between stopping and pausing a robot?

When you stop a robot:

  • The task that it is currently running will stop (according the option chosen in the Stop Robots dialog box described above); and

  • When the robot is resume, the tasks that were running will not resume

When you pause a robot:

  • The tasks will be paused; and

  • When the robot is resumed, the tasks that were running will resume

Resuming a Stopped or Paused Robot

  • In the Approved robots tab, click the RESUME button of the robot.