From May 10, 2026 to May 13, 2027
Automate 2027 | North America's largest automation show moves to Las Vegas
A3's Automate moves to the Las Vegas Convention Center for the first time on May 10–13, 2027, after a record 2026 Chicago edition with more than 50,000 registrants and 1,230 exhibitors.
QUICK FACTS
| Date | May 10–13, 2027 |
| Location | Las Vegas, USA |
| Venue | Las Vegas Convention Center — 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA |
| Organizer | Association for Advancing Automation (A3) |
| Event type | Trade Show |
| Official website | https://www.automateshow.com/ |
| Registration | https://www.xpressreg.net/register/AUTO0527/landing.php |
| Admission | Free show-floor registration (expo, daily keynote, exhibitor booths). Conference sessions, certification exams and social events are paid; early-bird conference pricing runs Jun 25, 2026 to Mar 29, 2027. |
| Scale | 2026 edition (Chicago, Jun 22-25) drew 50,000+ registrants and 1,230 exhibitors on 425,000 sq ft, with 1,600+ conference registrants, 140+ sessions and 1,100+ Humanoid Robot Forum registrants (A3). A3 markets 2027 to 50,000+ attendees. |
| Key deadlines | Early-bird conference pricing ends Mar 29, 2027; exhibit space reservations open (no deadline published) |
EVENT OVERVIEW
Automate 2027 will be held May 10-13, 2027, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It is the first time the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has taken the show to Las Vegas, outside its recent Detroit-Chicago rotation, and it moves from June to May. Show-floor registration is free and already open; conference sessions, certification exams and social events are paid, with early-bird conference pricing available until March 29, 2027. The show floor is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first three days and until 3 p.m. on May 13.
The 2026 edition at McCormick Place in Chicago set attendance records with more than 50,000 registrants and 1,230 exhibitors on 425,000 square feet, according to A3. Humanoid robots were a central theme: a new NVIDIA-sponsored Humanoid Robot Pavilion was added, and the inaugural Humanoid Robot Forum drew more than 1,100 registrants. The conference counted more than 1,600 registrants across 140-plus sessions, and Mbodi won the Startup Challenge with a platform for teaching industrial robots new tasks in natural language. Industrial AI, autonomous mobile robots, machine vision and motion control are expected to remain core categories in 2027.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
First Automate in Las Vegas, and earlier in the year (May) than recent June editions
Humanoid robots and industrial AI, following the 2026 NVIDIA-sponsored Humanoid Robot Pavilion and inaugural Humanoid Robot Forum
Robots, AMRs, machine vision, motion control and AI across the show floor
Conference program with certification exams, plus Startup Challenge and Innovation Awards (2026 format)
Show hours 10:00-17:00 May 10-12 and 10:00-15:00 May 13
RECOMMENDED ATTENDEES
Manufacturing and operations leaders planning robot, AMR or vision deployments; automation and controls engineers; system integrators; robot, humanoid and component makers seeking North American buyers and distributors; investors and startup founders in physical AI; logistics and warehouse managers; and students and educators in automation. Free expo registration makes the show floor accessible to smaller manufacturers and first-time buyers.
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