As we saw, RPA vendors are providing a way for us to plug in emerging technologies. These technologies are included as components that are provided by the RPA vendors themselves, partners, and even people like you. These components are usually available on a marketplace. Here are the marketplaces from the top RPA vendors:

• UiPath Connect Marketplace: An extensive library of reusable RPA components
• Blue Prism Digital Exchange (DX): A central place to find and include pre-built "skills"
• Automation Anywhere Bot Store: Includes digital workers (Bots) that can automate tasks

All these platforms allow you to automate better by enabling you to add a wide variety of technologies to solve business problems. These components can usually be added to your automation through drag-and-drop interfaces for easy configuration.

As these RPA platforms grow, we should see more participation and a greater variety of components that we can include in our automation. You could soon find pre-built components for the most typical automation scenarios.