  Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the automation of rule-based routine
processes to increase efficiency and to reduce costs. Due to the utmost
importance of process automation in industry, RPA attracts increasing attention
in the scientific field as well. This paper presents the state-of-the-art in
the RPA field by means of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). In this SLR, 63
publications are identified, categorised, and analysed along well-defined
research questions. From the SLR findings, moreover, a framework for
systematically analysing, assessing, and comparing existing as well as upcoming
RPA works is derived. The discovered thematic clusters advise further
investigations in order to develop an even more detailed structural research
approach for RPA.
