Automation Articles for Manufacturers and Engineers

Automate 2026 comes to Chicago next week, and we’ve been hard at work digging through the lists of over a thousand exhibitors to find interesting products and opportunities to track down at the show. Last week, you got a sneak peak at the South Hall, and today, we’ll be exploring everything that will be happening at McCormick’s North Hall.

Teguar’s main focus at Automate 2026 will be on a trio of new industrial edge PCs. Ranging from the Regis, which is built for heavy-duty data requirements, to the Scout, which stands out for its thin form factor, Teguar will be showing off several solutions that meet a wide range of different edge applications. Each headlining PC will have its own exhibit showing off its strengths, among several other long-running products that will be on display at their booth.

If you’re an OEM in the market for a cabling solution for an automated product, you may want to look up SAB while you’re at Automate 2026. They’ll not only be showing off some of their wide-ranging portfolio of cabling solutions, but also will have experts on-site to talk shop about custom solutions that meet your specific needs.

Xela Robotics will be in attendance at Automate 2026, bringing along two centerpiece displays: robotic fingertips and highly sensitive tactile sensors. In a bid to open entirely new swathes of robotics applications, Xela has developed both products to give robots the ability to interact with both incredibly fragile and incredibly thin objects.