
2027 Manufacturing Trade Shows Focus on AI and Automation
A slate of major U.S. manufacturing conferences for 2027 highlights industry trends like AI, automation, and advanced manufacturing.
Every Manufacturing story tagged Automation.

A slate of major U.S. manufacturing conferences for 2027 highlights industry trends like AI, automation, and advanced manufacturing.

Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon Alexa head Rohit Prasad as its new CEO, effective October 7, 2026, to accelerate its Physical AI strategy for industrial robotics.

Maven Robotics raised a $100 million Series A to build 250 new robots and expand production, targeting the U.S.

A bipartisan group of senators announced a permitting reform deal to accelerate energy project approvals.

Innodata Inc. has opened a motion-capture R&D lab in Ridgefield Park, N.J., to generate high-precision 3D data for training humanoid and industrial robots.

The worldwide stock of operational industrial robots reached a record five million units in 2025, a 9% annual increase.

T-Robotics is spearheading a national R&D project to develop AI-powered humanoid robots for high-precision display manufacturing, backed by ₩4.5 billion.

Arduino has opened pre-orders for its VENTUNO Q edge AI platform, designed to simplify robotics development. The board, powered by a Qualcomm processor, targets commercial deployments in manufacturing and industrial settings.
Hirebotics has launched line tracking and modular linear rail extensions for its collaborative robots.

Andre Marino, Schneider Electric's senior vice president of industrial automation for North America, says humanoid robots are receiving too much attention.

OLogic CEO Ted Larson will lead a session on egocentric robot learning at RoboBusiness 2026.

A RoboBusiness 2026 panel will dissect the operational demands of the Robots-as-a-Service model.

The National Association of Manufacturers convened policymakers and industry leaders at Port Houston to push for a full, long-term surface transportation reauthorization.

Robot.com has secured a seven-year commercial agreement with Sodexo Group to expand its sidewalk delivery robots on college campuses.

Lattice Semiconductor's Eric Sivertson discussed using FPGAs as a root-of-trust to secure robots, especially humanoids, against cyberattacks.

Pressure sensors are becoming a critical layer in industrial gripper design, bridging the gap between commanded motion and actual interaction with objects.

NexCOBOT's general manager discusses how major tech firms are acquiring robotics startups to accelerate physical AI development.

An analysis argues that manufacturing's push for embodied AI in robots faces a fundamental 'edge AI wall' due to physical energy constraints.

Brain Corp CTO John Black discusses the challenges of scaling large fleets of autonomous mobile robots and building operational trust.