Best of Automate: highlights and awards from A3’s annual conference
May 9, 2025
Each year the Automate Show, hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), welcomes automation professionals who know how to implement, optimize and expand automation for industry. The show includes conference sessions and a trade show with many products on display. The Automate 2025 conference agenda features discussions around getting started with automation, sustainability and safety trends, AI and robotics, vision-guided robotics and inspection, and real-world automation case studies. This year Automate takes place in Detroit, Michigan, May 12-15, 2015.
2025 Automate articles
- By David Dechow: 7 keys to integrating machine vision for in-line metrology
- By Linda Caron: Decoding Industry 6.0: Navigating the convergence of automation, safety and cyber resilience
- By Frank Jakubec: An engineer's guide to smart, industrial and embedded vision
- By Perry West: How to design a machine vision system
- By Juan Martinez: Beyond passwords: modern access strategies for robust industrial control systems
- By Florian Pestoni: Future-proof supply chains with integrated AI, robotics and software-defined automation
- By Etienne Lacroix: 4 breakthroughs to drive automation adoption
- By Bob Rochelle: From Motoman to cobots: a journey through decades of robotics evolution
2025 Engelberger Robotics Award winners
2025 A3 Educator of the Year award winner
2024 Engelberger Robotics Award winner
2023 Engelberger Robotics Award winners
- Safety leader honored with robotics’ top award
- Association for Advancing Automation president receives leadership award
2022 Engelberger Robotics Award winners
- ABB RobotStudio founder receives Engelberger Robotics Award
- AMT founder named for Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership
