The following procedure shows how to create a Basic Engine Robot .

1. Open Design Studio.

2. Click File > New Basic Engine Robot.

3. Specify a name for the robot, select a project to store the robot in, and then click Next.

4. Optionally, enter a URL that the robot should start from. When you do so, a Load Page step with this URL is automatically inserted in the robot.

5. Select a browser engine to use: Classic or Default (WebKit-based).

6. Select a design-time execution mode to use: Minimal Execution (Direct) and Smart Re-execution (Full). Smart Re-execution is the default mode.

7. Click Finish.

To start editing and executing your robot, you need to prepare it for execution by clicking Prepare Execution in the Applications view or on the toolbar. By clicking this action, you put the robot into execution mode, which enables you to execute it while editing. You can execute action steps right after you insert them in the robot workflow and immediately see the result. When a Basic Engine Robot is not prepared for execution, you can still perform some basic editing, such as add action steps and change their properties, configure variables, but you will not be able to see the result of step execution and to obtain and use data from websites that you interact with to design the robot.

The execution privilege is intended only for Basic Engine Robots. Only one Basic Engine Robot at a time can have the execution privilege, so to take the execution privilege from one robot to another, open the tab with the required robot and click Prepare Execution. Also, while multiple Basic Engine Robots can execute in Debug mode at the same time, only one Basic Engine Robot at a time can have the privilege to execute in Design mode. The robot that has the execution privilege in Design mode can also run in Debug mode at the same time, so you can switch between the two modes.

When a Basic Engine Robot has the execution privilege, the editor tab of this robot is highlighted. When a Basic Engine Robot is calling a Robot, the tabs of both robots are highlighted for convenience as shown below. The robot where execution is currently located is marked with a red dot.

Also, you can open the Robot that the Basic Engine Robot is calling by clicking Open in the properties of the respective Call Robot step. The robot is opened on a new tab.