Automate brings robotics, vision, and automation to McCormick Place. We build exhibits engineered to demonstrate live robotic cells safely and convert engineers into leads.
Automate is North America's largest automation and robotics event, filling McCormick Place in Chicago with robotic arms, machine vision, autonomous mobile robots, and the engineers and decision-makers who specify them. Exhibiting at Automate is defined by live demonstration, because nothing sells automation like watching a cell actually run, picking, placing, welding, inspecting, or moving in front of a skeptical engineer who immediately understands what they are seeing. We build Automate exhibit rentals engineered to make that demonstration safe, compelling, and persuasive. The centerpiece is the demonstration cell: we engineer the platform, guarding, safe standoff, power, and sightlines so a live robotic cell can run continuously while attendees watch closely without ever entering the work envelope, all coordinated with McCormick Place electrical and rigging jurisdiction. Around the cell we integrate data visualization on monitors and an LED wall, because automation is as much about throughput, accuracy, and analytics as it is about motion, so we show the numbers alongside the machine. A structural hanging sign carries your brand across the hall, and clear circulation lets crowds gather at the demonstration without blocking the conversations happening elsewhere on the stand. Behind the demo we provide meeting space where your application engineers and sales team can talk integration, cycle times, ROI, and pricing with serious buyers, and at island sizes we add multiple rooms and a presentation theater for scheduled sessions. Because the audience is technical and time-poor, we design the headline and the demonstration to communicate the value proposition in the few seconds you have to win the aisle, then create the depth that keeps qualified engineers engaged. Every graphic is produced in-house with silicone edge fabric and dye-sublimation so technical imagery and brand color stay crisp under hall lighting and in your content. Because Automate has grown rapidly and rental inventory for demonstration-grade structures is finite, we recommend reserving design and hardware ahead of the May move-in, and we manage the power, guarding, and freight planning a live-cell stand requires. Sizing ranges from a 10x20 with a compact demo and meeting nook to 20x30 and 30x40 islands with multiple cells, theaters, and meeting rooms, all inside the published price bands. We deliver the program full-service, from a free 48-hour 3D rendering through install and dismantle, so you can run live automation without buying or storing a major asset. Request your rendering and we will engineer your Automate stand around a cell that runs.
Automate is held at McCormick Place in Chicago, recently on an annual cadence in May. It is North America's largest automation and robotics event, drawing engineers and decision-makers across manufacturing, logistics, and industrial automation.
Yes. We engineer demonstration cells for robotics and automation with appropriate guarding, safe standoff, power, and clear sightlines, coordinated with McCormick Place electrical and rigging, so attendees can watch a live cell run without entering the work envelope.
Beyond the live cell, automation exhibitors need data visualization on screens, lead capture, and meeting space for technical sales conversations. We balance the demonstration cell with media and conversation zones within the published price bands.
Call Chicago Exhibits at (872) 369-0187 for a free 48-hour 3D rendering. Serving Chicago and McCormick Place since 2014.