Automate 2026
Automate (Chicago) is North America's largest robotics and automation event with more than 1,000 exhibitors and 50,000-plus registrants. Topics include robotic automation, vision systems for quality control and inspection, motion control systems, AI and machine learning applications, collaborative robots, and industrial robots. Critical for understanding automation trends and includes comprehensive educational conference with 200-plus sessions. The Automate Conference agenda is designed for flexibility. Areas of interest include automation for beginners, robotics, industries and applications, technology, industrial safety, and beyond the sessions. A new development at the 2026 show is a dedicated Humanoid Robot Pavilion, sponsored by NVIDIA. The pavilion will spotlight a range of humanoid robots and offer live demonstrations. The event also co-locates the third annual Humanoid Robot Forum, offering deep-dive programming on humanoid development, deployment and enabling technologies.
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