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Supporting program

A 360° view of automation and robotics: our supporting program.

What characterizes a world-leading exhibition? That it also offers a top-notch supporting program providing real added value through successful formats. 96 percent of visitors confirmed the supporting program’s relevance and topicality. automatica has a special focus on dialog and discussions in its approach to covering and driving your automation opportunities.

Highlights Supporting program 2025

  • Topic-specific joint stand: Machine Vision Pavilion, Smart Maintenance+, Service Robotics Arena. Hands-on robotics in the test zone, which will be further developed in 2025. Mobile Robots in Production: Mesh-up will be there again.
  • Innovations from newcomers at the Start-up Arena. Country identity at various joint country stands
  • Accompanied by knowledge formats: automatica Forum, Vision Expert Huddles, munich_i Hightech Summit, MedtecSummit, Odense Investor Summit (Start-up Stage)
  • Parallel to Laser

Lecture program

Hightech Summit

The interdisciplinary munich_i Hightech Summit puts a spotlight on the current state of research and applications in robotics and AI from a unique angle, and discusses responsible technological change.

automatica Forum

From trend analyses all the way to best practice examples: The automatica Forum offers you first-hand expert knowledge on the mega-trends of automation. Hybrid elements complement our “classic” format, thus expanding possibilities and target groups.

i_space

In addition to the showcases in the exhibition area, i_space provides a stage and dialog platform for AI.Society. Looking far beyond technical feasibility aspects of robotics.

Vision Expert Huddles

The interactive Vision Expert Huddles presentation concept in the Machine Vision Pavilion will enter its third round in 2025 with short keynotes on the latest technologies and trends in machine vision.

Odense Investor Summit

The Odense Investor Summit is aimed at investors who want to step up their activities in the market and are looking for the right partner to do so.

Showcases

Mobile Robots in Production: Mesh-up

Mobile robots are not just revolutionizing logistics scenarios, but production as well. Because they enable a new level of flexibility while maintaining high productivity.

Service Robotics Arena

Record-breaking growth rates and an ever-expanding scope of applications indicate that service robots are on their way to becoming omnipresent.

TestZone

The TestZone showcases exciting robotics exhibits from the fields of cobots and no-code. Visitors can experience several innovative robotics and automation applications live and up close.

Connected Machines: Umati

Connected Machines: umati@automatica“ takes networking to a new level: The demonstrator comprises various machines, robots, machine vision systems, and tightening systems distributed across six halls with smartphone-based data access.

AI.Society

The AI.Society exhibition and dialog platform is an important part of munich_i. It presents exciting use cases and lighthouse projects from across the four pivotal fields of work, healthcare, mobility, and environment.

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Smart Maintenance+

Our new edition of the Smart Maintenance Pavilion demonstrates the significance of smart and predictive maintenance in automated production processes.

Young Talents

Start-up Arena

The Start-Up Arena promotes networking between innovators, industry, and investors so that new ideas can be developed to market maturity.

Robothon©

Young talent will demonstrate their capabilities at the munich_i Robothon® online. This collaborative development competition challenges its participants to turn fresh ideas into software and hardware at impressive speed.