北美国际机器人及自动化展览会（Automate）是北美最大的自动化技术解决方案的展览会。原先国际机器人、视觉与运动控制展，其历史可以追溯到1977年，现在Automate展示自动化技术及解决方案，为各行各业提供自动化解决方案。该展会一年一次，在芝加哥与底特律轮流举行。该展由推进自动化协会（A3）和其贸易协会、机器人工业协会（RIA）、全球视觉和成像协会（AIA -）以及运动控制和电机协会（MCMA）共同组织在美国举行。
Automate展现场拥有数家专业提供自动化、机器人技术和机器视觉的集成商将展示他们的最新系统与解决方案，实际演示他们的产品。这将让与会者看到现场演示解决他们在行业面临挑战，同时也了解到从其他行业使用的解决方案，这可能是对他们有益的借鉴。该展的其它部分也是领先的全球供应商展示最新的自动化、机器人、视觉和运动控制技术与系统。
Automate展与会者包括：终端用户，OEM厂商，机器制造商，分销商，政府采购，R＆D实验室和学术界寻求自动化技术。他们正在寻找最新技术来提高自身的竞争力和自动化解决方案，以帮助他们提高生产力和节省资金。超过85％的起到采购流程在展会上展出的技术与作用。访客来自各行业的代表，包括：航空航天，农业，铝，家电，汽车制造，汽车供应，生物技术，化工制造，建筑，消费品，国防/军工，分销，教育，电子，能源浩如烟海30多个国家，娱乐，金属制品业，紧固件，流体动力，食品和饮料行业，铸造，家具，游戏，玻璃，政府，实验室设备，机车制造，设备制造商，机床，邮件处理，制图，材料处理，医疗器械，矿山，造币，摩托车制造，保健品，越野车，石油和天然气，包装，造纸/印刷，宠物食品，制药，塑料制品，初级金属，印刷，半导体，电信，纺织，运输，仓储，木材等。
Automate展参展商包括：数以百计的行业领先企业将参展自动化展，来自世界各地的参展商将展示自动化设备和系统，包括：自动装配机/系统，自动识别和数据收集/ RFID，人体工程学和安全设备，工业自动化控制，运动控制设备，零件装卸设备/输送机和材料，机器人/机器人系统，传感器和传感器集成系统，系统集成/咨询，以及视觉和成像设备/系统。
一个全面的教育会议伴随着Automate展。会议特色班非常广泛，从初级到高级的技能水平，提供适合所有与会者 - 他们可以采取一个课程培训四天。课程由经验丰富的行业专业人士是理解我们的与会者所面临的行业挑战来任教。我们的会议已经一直被评为高品质、高价值、提供经验培训，是值得马上工作的培训。
展品范围(Show Products):
交流驱动器，交流电机，执行器及机械系统，粘合剂设备与供应，装配机/系统，自动识别和数据收集/ RFID，质量无损控制仪表，轴承，电缆/电缆组件/连接器，校准设备与服务，相机，摄像头和照明灯围罩，承包自动化和组装服务，控制，咨询服务，驱动器和放大器，电子硬盘，编码器和解析器，手臂工装端，工程服务，图像采集与处理，齿轮，工业机器人，照明器材，打标设备，材料测试设备，移动机器人，计量设备，运动控制器，电机和电机控制，光学与镜头，零件装卸设备/输送机，PLC，定位系统，安全与人体工学设备，传感器和反馈设备/系统，服务机器人，仿真软件，软件，表面分析设备，系统集成商，培训服务，视觉系统，焊接设备及用品，其他自动化或自动化相关的设备。
展会报告(Show Reports):
Record Automate 2023 Event Leads to Annual Show
Automate 2023 set record attendance with more than 30,000 registrants
Automate is heading to Chicago in 2024 and will return to Detroit in 2025
ANN ARBOR, Michigan – June 6, 2023 – Automate, the largest robotics and automation trade show in North America, celebrated its most successful event to date with record numbers. More than 30,000 people from around the world registered to visit the sold-out show floor featuring 757 exhibitors during Automate’s four-day run May 22-25, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.
Due to the extraordinary demand for automation and the growing need companies have – both to learn how automation can benefit them as well as connect with partners who can help them deploy automation solutions – the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) will now hold Automate annually.
“I want to take a moment to thank all the sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and attendees who contributed to making Automate 2023 such a tremendous success,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “As this show demonstrated, demand for robotics and automation technologies is accelerating as companies in every industry seek automation solutions to improve their competitiveness.”
Previously held every other year, the show featured four halls of exhibits, keynote speakers each day, relevant show floor theater sessions, a start-up competition, and a comprehensive educational conference attended by over 1,000 people with courses on topics such as robotics, artificial intelligence, machine vision and motion control taught by more than 200 industry experts. Attendees said the mix of exhibitions, discussions and people energized the show floor all week.
“We found tremendous value exhibiting at Automate,” said Kevin Barker, president of Beckhoff Automation . “The audience was knowledgeable, engaged, and excited about automation technology and we look forward to continuing to participate every year moving forward.”
Startup Competition Highlights
On the second day of Automate, nine technology startups went head-to-head to win the Phoenix Contact Startup Challenge.
ESTAT Actuation was selected by a panel of venture capital judges for its game-changing technologies and received a $10,000 cash prize. ESTAT electroadhesive products are 10x lighter, 10x more compact, and 1000x more efficient than conventional versions, enabling groundbreaking new solutions for robotic joints, end of arm tooling gripping, and untethered robot designs.
“Automate was incredible for generating customer interest and connections. Everyone loved seeing and experiencing our hardware demos, and winning the startup challenge gave us a great avenue to build awareness of our products and gain industry advocates,” said Stuart Diller, CEO of ESTAT Actuation.
Engelberger Award Winners Honored
Recipients of the 2023 Engelberger Awards, the world's most prestigious robotics honor, were celebrated at the Joseph F. Engelberger Awards Dinner and Ceremony on May 24. Roberta Nelson Shea of Universal Robots was recognized as the Application winner for her outstanding work in global robotics safety; and Jeff Burnstein of the Association for Advancing Automation was honored in Leadership for his work promoting the robotics industry for the past four decades at the Association for Advancing Automation.
Automate Rewind
For anyone unable to attend the event live or who missed keynote speeches and discussions, there’s still a chance to check them out. Automate Rewind will be launched the week of June 12, 2023. It will feature an entire digital library of content from Automate 2023, including recordings of keynote sessions, theater talks, Automate LIVE interviews, exhibitor spotlights, and more. Automate Rewind will be available here.
2024 and 2025 Event Details
Next year, Automate will be held May 6-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago and the show will return to Detroit May 12-15, 2025. 2024 booth space is already more than 60% reserved. If your company would like to reserve space, contact Jim Hamilton, A3’s VP of Sales, here to book a booth or explore sponsorship opportunities.
亨廷顿会议中心简介
亨廷顿广场会议中心（Huntington Place Convention Center）位于底特律市，也即底特律科博会展中心。
亨廷顿广场是美国第 16 大会议中心。它由底特律市建造，最初于 1960 年开放，并命名为 Cobo Hall，以纪念前底特律市长 Albert E. Cobo（1950-1957）。
2009 年，密歇根州成立了底特律地区会议设施管理局 (DRCFA)，并从底特律市租用了该设施，拥有并运营了 33 年。由五名成员组成的管理局委员会由来自五个政府机构——底特律市、密歇根州以及韦恩、奥克兰和马科姆三个地铁底特律县——各有一名代表组成。
2010 年 10 月，DRCFA 将该设施的运营管理合同授予场馆管理、营销和开发领域的全球领导者 ASM Global，后者将其重新命名为 Cobo 中心，并将该业务恢复到目前的世界级地位。
2019年，DRCFA将场地冠名权授予TCF银行，2021年TCF银行与亨廷顿银行合并。今天，亨廷顿广场举办各种会议、大会和贸易展览，每年吸引来自全球各地的 150 万游客来到底特律。
