News, analysis, interviews and insights from North America’s largest automation exhibition.
Automate 2026 marked another milestone for industrial automation. Bringing together more than 50,000 attendees and over 1,150 exhibitors, the event showcased the latest developments in machine vision, robotics, AI, sensing and industrial automation.
Throughout the week, the MVPro Media team spoke with industry leaders, attended keynote presentations, explored the exhibition floor and examined the technologies shaping manufacturing’s future.
Explore our editorial analysis, executive interviews and industry insights from Automate 2026.
Featured Analysis
A comprehensive editorial analysis exploring the conversations, technologies and trends that defined Automate 2026.
Conversations from the Show Floor
How Bucket Robotics is transforming machine vision by making synthetic data a practical tool for AI development.
Cognex explains why simplifying machine vision deployment is becoming a key competitive advantage for manufacturers.
How Lucid Vision Labs is combining high-performance imaging with practical innovation to meet the growing demands of modern machine vision.
How MVTec sees artificial intelligence enhancing, rather than replacing, traditional machine vision.
How Pleora Technologies is simplifying machine vision by helping manufacturers modernise without unnecessary complexity.
How poLight is making autofocus practical for industrial machine vision through tunable optics.
How Smart Vision Lights is advancing machine vision illumination to improve inspection performance while simplifying deployment.
Opinions & Analysis
Forty industry professionals answer one simple question, revealing the ideas, challenges and ambitions shaping the future of automation.
Physical AI is rapidly becoming the industry’s latest buzzword—but what does it actually mean? This opinion piece argues that it represents the convergence of technologies that have matured together, rather than the arrival of an entirely new one.
Why the latest advances in machine vision are removing the traditional compromises between speed, accuracy and flexibility.
Automate 2026 Special Issue
Published ahead of the exhibition with exclusive interviews, industry insight and editorial analysis.
