Association for Advancing Automation

{{Infobox organization

| name = Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

| headquarters = Ann Arbor, Michigan

| formation = 1974

| logo = File:A3 logo of organization.svg

| fields = {{ubl|Robotics|Automation|Machine vision/imaging|Motors|Motion control|Industrial AI industries}}

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Jeff Burnstein

| website = {{URL|https://www.automate.org/}}

}}

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) is an international trade group that serves the robotics industry. It was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The organization is involved in safety standards for robots,{{cite news|

url=http://www.controleng.com/single-article/robotic-industries-association-to-adopt-iso-functional-safety-standard/97a53e319d1c89f67f0c80792312497c.html|

title=Robotic Industries Association to adopt ISO functional safety standard|

publisher=Control Engineering |

date=2012-07-20 |

author=Shea, Roberta Nelson }} and sponsors robotics conferences. On April 14, 2021 the Robotic Industries Association, AIA-Advancing Vision + Imaging (AIA), the Motion Control and Motors Association (MCMA), and A3 Mexico merged into A3, which had long acted as an umbrella organisation for the individual trade organizations.{{Cite web |last=McBurnett |first=Marie |date=March 22, 2021 |title=AIA, MCMA, RIA and A3 Mexico to Combine with the Association for Advancing Automation |url=https://www.machinedesign.com/automation-iiot/article/21158754/aia-mcma-ria-and-a3-mexico-to-combine-with-the-association-for-advancing-automation |access-date=2022-10-26|website=Machine Design}}{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.automate.org/a3-content/who-we-are|access-date=2022-10-26 |website=A3 Association for Advancing Automation|language=en}}