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BONUS: Why you should attend Automate 2022

Manufacturing Happy Hour · 17 May 2022 · 22m

What this episode covers

Alex Shikany, VP of Membership & Business Intelligence at A3 - The Association for Advancing Automation, joins host Chris Luecke and co-host Jake Hall to preview Automate 2022 in Detroit. They discuss the event's scale, featuring over 500 exhibitors and 20,000 attendees, and highlight new initiatives like Automate LIVE, a hybrid digital component modeled after ESPN's College GameDay. The episode emphasizes the show's focus on democratizing automation for small and medium-sized businesses through technologies like robotics, vision systems, and AI, alongside keynotes from industry leaders such as Damon John and Douglas Stanguini.

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established companies

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Companies
A3 - The Association for Advancing Automation, +one robotics, AMRL, Detroit Foundation Hotel, General Motors, Boston Dynamics, ESPN
Products
Automate 2022, Spot, Automate LIVE
Also
Alex Shikany, Jake Hall, Chris Luecke, Huntington Place, Damon John, Shark Tank, Douglas Stanguini, Mark Raybert, Raquel Facardi

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