Preparations for the upcoming automatica—the premier trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics—are in full motion. From June 24 to 27, 2025, automatica will unite industry and academia across six exhibition halls, providing a unique insight into the latest trends and advancements. In June, the emphasis will be on technical solutions and sharing ideas regarding digitalization and AI, sustainable production, and the future of work. “automatica is thereby tackling highly significant topics that the industry is deeply engaged with.
“The significant demand we are witnessing demonstrates that we are in tune with these subjects,” states Exhibition Director Anja Schneider. Six months prior to the trade fair’s beginning, more space has been reserved than in 2023. Currently, approximately 500 exhibitors from more than 30 nations have signed up, with a third of them showcasing their products at the trade fair for the very first time.
All major robotics and automation firms will gather in the automatica halls. Along with the prominent global industry leaders who have utilized automatica as their primary trade show for numerous years, newcomers like ATI Industrial Automation (Novanta), Delta Electronics, Device Insight, ESTUN AUTOMATION, HANWHA ROBOTICS, HARTING, HD HYUNDAI ROBOTICS, Reis Robotics, RK Rose+Krieger, SAP, and Shenyang SIASUN Robot & Automation will also showcase their offerings at the forthcoming event. It is important to highlight that Chinese exhibitors are more prominently represented at the trade fair than at any previous time. “automatica unites all key companies—be it from Europe, Asia, or America—and therefore reflects the whole global market,” states Anja Schneider.
Healthtech focus at automatica
For the first time, automatica is also offering special solutions covering all aspects of the industrial healthcare sector, from enabling technologies to laboratory automation and clinical robotics. Key components of this are the MedTecLIVE Healthtech Pavilion in cooperation with the MedtecLIVE trade fair and a two-day MedtecSUMMIT organized by Bayern Innovativ. This offering is supplemented by specific healthtech exhibits from the exhibitors, curated by VDMA HealthTech. “The robotics and automation solutions of our exhibitors play a prominent role in medical technology,“ says Anja Schneider. “I am all the more pleased that we can now give this application area an appropriate platform and, with the right partners, continue to tap into an attractive visitor target group for automatica. “
A leader on topics thanks to a high-caliber supporting program
One of the highlights of the supporting programme is munich_i, the high-tech platform for AI and robotics, under the patronage of Bavarian Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder. The high-tech summit on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, the robotics and AI special show AI.Society and the hybrid robotics competition Robothon® are key components of munich_i. automatica is organising munich_i together with the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich.
automatica will once again be supplemented by an attractive supporting program in 2025. It includes the Service Robotics Arena and the Mesh-up as a special show on mobile robotics. On a more than 600-square-meter course, companies will demonstrate how driverless transport vehicles and mobile robots from different manufacturers can be operated flexibly and efficiently.
One ticket—three trade fairs
Two parallel trade fairs supplement the automatica offering and provide additional stimulus: Laser World of Photonics focuses on photonics components, systems and applications, while World of Quantum is all about trends, innovations and visions in quantum technology. There are already numerous overlaps between the automation and laser industries, and quantum technology holds huge potential especially for industrial applications, for example, through the desired performance of quantum computers. With one trade fair ticket, visitors automatically have access to the other two events.