1. 介绍
Robot Framework，一个通用的验收测试和验收驱动开发的自动化测试框架（ATDD），它使用关键字驱动的测试方法，具有易于使用的表格来组织测试过程和测试数据。
2. 特点
3. 支持的测试类库
Robot Framework包含多种类库，通过导入不同的库就可以使用库中所提供的关键字，Robot Framework的测试类库包括标准库、外部库及自己创建的库。
标准库：
1、Builtin： Provides a set of often needed generic keywords.Always automatically available without imports.
2、Dialogs： Provides means for pausing the test execution and getting input from users.
3、Collections： Provides a set of keywords for handling Python lists and dictionaries.
4、OperatingSystem： Enables various operating system related tasks to be performed in the system where Robot Framework is running.
5、Remote： Special library acting as a proxy between Robot Framework and test libraries elsewhere. Actual test libraries can be running on different machines and beimplemented using any programming language supportingXML-RPC protocol.
6、Screenshot： Provides keywords to capture screenshots of the desktop.
7、String： Library for generating, modifying and verifying strings.
8、Telnet： Makes it possible to connect to Telnet servers and execute commands on the opened connections.
9、XML： Library for generating, modifying and verifying XML files.
10、Process Library： Library for running processes in the system. New in Robot Framework 2.8.
11、DateTime： Library for date and time conversions. New in Robot Framework 2.8.5.
外部库：
1、Android library： Library for all your Android automation needs. It uses Calabash Android internally.
2、AnywhereLibrary： Library for testing Single-Page Apps (SPA). Uses Selenium Webdriver and Appium internally.
3、AppiumLibrary： Library for Android- and iOS-testing. It uses Appium internally.
4、Archive library： Library for handling zip- and tar-archives.
5、AutoItLibrary： Windows GUI testing library that uses AutoIt freeware tool as a driver.
6、Database Library (Java)： Java-based library for database testing. Works only with Jython.
7、Database Library (Python)： Python based library for database testing. Works with any Python interpreter, including Jython.
8、Diff Library： Library to diff two files together.
9、Eclipse Library： Library for testing Eclipse RCP applications using SWT widgets.
10、robotframework-faker： Library for Faker, a fake test data generator.
11、FTP library： Library for testing and using FTP server with Robot Framework.
12、HTTP library (livetest)： Library for HTTP level testing using livetest tool internally.
13、HTTP library (Requests)： Library for HTTP level testing using Request internally.
14、iOS library： Library for all your iOS automation needs. It uses Calabash iOS Server internally.
15、MongoDB library： Library for interacting with MongoDB from RobotFramework using pymongo.
16、Rammbock： Generic network protocol test library that offers easy way to specify network packets and inspect the results of sent and received packets.
17、RemoteSwingLibrary： Library for testing and connecting to a java process and using SwingLibrary, especially Java Web Start applications.
18、Selenium2Library： Web testing library that uses Selenium 2. For most parts drop-in-replacement for old SeleniumLibrary.
19、SSHLibrary： Enables executing commands on remote machines over an SSH connection. Also supports transfering files using SFTP.
20、SudsLibrary： A library for functional testing of SOAP-based web services based on Suds, a dynamic SOAP 1.1 client.
21、SwingLibrary： Library for testing Java applications with Swing GUI.
22、watir-robot： Web testing library that uses Watir tool.
按照测试类型的不同：
web 自动化测试：SeleniumLibrary，Selenium2Library，Selenium2Library for Java、watir-robot 等。
Windows GUI 测试：AutoItLibrary。
移动测试：Android library、iOS library、AppiumLibrary 等。
数据库测试：Database Library (Java)、Database Library (Python)、MongoDB library 等。
文件对比测试：Diff Library。
HTTP 测试：HTTP library (livetest)、HTTP library (Requests)等。