
Automate 2025
May 12-15 | Huntington Place, Detroit, MI | Booth #2400
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We couldn't be more excited to be back at Automate this year in Motor City! Join us at booth #2400 to explore how our advanced automation technologies can meet your unique challenges. Whether you're looking to boost efficiency and productivity or need your next transformative solution to outpace your competitors, we can help you elevate your manufacturing solutions.
At Beckhoff, automation is our passion. Our team of industry experts will be available to discuss your applications and offer game-changing solutions through hands-on demos and engineer-to-engineer conversations. We can't wait to help you discover the future of adaptive automation technology!
Register for a Booth Tour
Want to learn more about our game-changing technology directly from product experts? Sign up below for one of our booth tours Monday-Thursday.
You can choose between a general booth tour, where our product experts will provide more information on all of the major technology in the booth and answer questions. OR you can sign up for an MX-System focused tour, where you can get detailed information on our newest product, the MX-System, and learn about how this technology is changing the automation game!
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The Footnotes
Our automation experts will be speaking at the show - Add it to your agenda!
From Concept to Control: Model-based Design, AI and Machine Learning in Automated Systems
Monday, May 12, 2025
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Explore the future of automation with Beckhoff USA and MathWorks! Discover how model-based design, simulation, and AI can enhance automated systems today. Learn to implement full in-the-loop testing, optimize system evolution, and overcome AI integration challenges—from data prep to deployment—through practical strategies and real-world software solutions.
Catch our Webinar Wednesday series before going to the show!
MX-System: The era of cabinet-free automation has arrived
Wednesday, May 7th | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CST
The future is here in the form of cabinet-free automation! The MX-System presents an entirely new option for control cabinet design. This product is a true “system” that is simple to install, modular by design, and has convenient integrated diagnostics.
In this webinar, learn the fundamentals of MX-System hardware basics, how the system is configured, and how the diagnostics app can be used to view real-time data on each module connected to an MX-System backplane.

The era of the cabinet-free machine is here! With pluggable IPC, I/O, and drive technology modules, this machine-mounted system maximizes space efficiency and reduces setup time for both machine builders and end users. The modular, IP67-rated control cabinet replacement supports applications ranging from local control to distributed architectures on machines and production lines.

Our automation software also enables one or multiple TwinCAT runtimes to run on a Beckhoff automation controller, optimizing hardware utilization and supporting virtual control. It incorporates container technology, provides GPU access for demanding tasks, and ensures real-time execution. Additionally, it supports modular control applications for flexible automation for all kinds of industrial systems.

TwinCAT PLC++ is the latest breakthrough in the proven TwinCAT automation ecosystem. With seamless integration of DevOps workflows, TwinCAT PLC++ is accellerating the convergence of automation and IT. The result is advanced PLC technology that boosts the performance of the TwinCAT runtime and the user-friendliness of its engineering environment.

Did you know that TwinCAT automation software works hand in hand with MATLAB® and Simulink®? These standards have grown rapidly worldwide as programming environments for countless applications, including automation. MATLAB® and Simulink® are perfect for didactic concepts in teaching environments and are highly efficient in industrial applications.

Total freedom in material handling with 6D motion, automated path planning and rapid changeovers? You just have to check out how XPlanar and its magnetically flying movers can transform your application. Not to be outdone, our tried and true XTS linear transport system still has plenty of new tricks to reveal such as No Cable Technology (NCT) for powered end effectors on movers.

In machine safety, going for “good enough” is never the right choice. Ensuring the safety of your people, equipment and products is paramount. TwinSAFE from Beckhoff is the universal programmable safety solution for everything from basic monitoring to complex motion in a fully integrated automation ecosystem.