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IMTS 2026 AI Exhibitors Visitors Cannot Afford to Miss

September 9, 2026 11:56 am

Artificial intelligence will be impossible to avoid at IMTS 2026.

MachineToolNews.ai has screened the official IMTS exhibitor list, cross-checked company announcements and spoken directly with many of the companies bringing AI technology to Chicago.

Our research identified 175 AI-related exhibitors across the show, covering CNC programming, machine tools, robotics, inspection, maintenance, production software, engineering and enterprise systems.

Nobody has enough time to visit all of them.

So this is our alphabetical shortlist of the IMTS 2026 AI exhibitors visitors cannot afford to miss.

For visitors who want to go deeper, we have also created a full searchable guide with company names, booth numbers and the AI technology associated with each exhibitor.

View the complete IMTS 2026 AI exhibitor list and booth numbers here

Amazon Web Services

Booth 236217

AWS provides much of the cloud and computing infrastructure behind industrial AI, machine data, predictive maintenance, computer vision and AI agents. It is also part of the IMTS Industrial AI Conference programme.

Artec 3D

Booth 134246

Artec 3D will demonstrate its AI-powered Artec Leo wireless 3D scanner, bringing neural processing into inspection, reverse engineering and digital manufacturing.

Autodesk

Booth 133310

Autodesk Fusion continues to embed AI into design and manufacturing workflows, helping automate repetitive engineering work and accelerate the path from design to production.

C-Infinity

Booth 135658

C-Infinity is launching AutoAssembler v4, an AI-powered platform that turns CAD and PLM information into validated manufacturing and assembly plans.

The company is also participating in the IMTS Industrial AI Conference, where CEO Sai Nelaturi will discuss reducing the design-to-part cycle using AI.

CGTech / VERICUT

Booth 133312

VERICUT is bringing AI into CNC verification and post processing through VERICUT Assistant, VERICUT Intelligence and the Icam AI Assistant.

The focus is on giving programmers quicker access to manufacturing knowledge while keeping engineers in control.

Cimatron

Booth 133255

The new Cimatron CAM Agent, developed with Limitless Labs, analyses geometry and tooling before recommending machining strategies and generating 3-axis CNC toolpaths.

MachineToolNews.ai recently examined the technology in our feature on Cimatron CAM Agent and agentic AI in CNC programming.

CloudNC

Booths 133028 and 133259

For machine shops looking for AI that can be applied to CNC programming today, CloudNC should be near the top of the IMTS list.

CloudNC will demonstrate CAM Assist live throughout the show, showing how the platform can analyse a component and generate machining strategies and toolpaths inside established CAM environments.

The key point is that CAM Assist does not require manufacturers to abandon the software they already use.

It operates across platforms including Autodesk Fusion, Mastercam, Siemens NX, GibbsCAM and SolidCAM, bringing AI-assisted CNC programming directly into existing workflows.

CloudNC says CAM Assist can complete up to 80% of a CAM programme in minutes, while the programmer remains responsible for reviewing and refining the final strategy.

The latest Strategy Editor gives programmers greater visibility over tools, machining strategies, feeds and speeds rather than treating the AI-generated result as a black box.

CloudNC is also extending its manufacturing intelligence further upstream into AI-assisted quoting, where the same understanding of machining requirements could help shops evaluate incoming RFQs and estimate how a component should be produced.

MachineToolNews.ai recently covered the launch of CAM Assist for GibbsCAM.

For visitors trying to understand what commercially deployed AI-assisted CNC programming looks like today, CloudNC is an essential stop.

DN Solutions

Booth 338919

DN Solutions is bringing smart AI technologies into its wider machine-tool and automation portfolio.

For machine buyers, the important question will be how the company connects AI with machine operation, productivity and increasingly automated production.

EAC Product Development Solutions

Booth 236422

EAC will demonstrate OpsMate AI and PTC-related AI technologies, bringing artificial intelligence into engineering, factory operations and existing manufacturing systems.

FANUC

Booths 338900 and 236700

FANUC is one of the major names pushing Physical AI into industrial automation, combining robotics, vision and intelligent motion with CNC manufacturing.

findIQ

Booth 236163

findIQ uses AI to capture specialist maintenance and machine knowledge and turn it into structured troubleshooting guidance.

For factories dealing with skills shortages and retiring technical experts, the use case is immediately relevant.

Google Cloud

Booth 236709

Google Cloud brings AI infrastructure and agentic technology into manufacturing and will also participate in the IMTS Industrial AI Conference discussion around Physical AI and intelligent robotics.

Ground Control

Booth 134068

Ground Control applies AI to manufacturing quality workflows including automatic ballooning, AS9102 and FAIR generation and supplier-quality processes.

CEO Mehul Shah is also presenting practical AI use cases during the Industrial AI Conference.

HEIDENHAIN

Booth 339440

HEIDENHAIN’s TNC7 smart AI assistant brings conversational AI directly into CNC operation and NC programming, making this one of the clearest examples of AI reaching the machine control itself.

Hexagon

Booths 133210 and 134102

Hexagon is embedding AI into both CAM and quality workflows, including ProPlanAI within ESPRIT EDGE, which uses historical machining data to help optimise new manufacturing processes.

IFS

Booth 236187

IFS brings Industrial AI into enterprise manufacturing, asset management, maintenance and service operations.

It is particularly relevant for manufacturers looking beyond individual machines and toward plant-wide AI decision-making.

Intrinsic

Booth 236233

Google-owned Intrinsic is developing software for intelligent industrial robotics and is working with Okuma on an AI automation robot cell at IMTS.

Kawasaki Robotics

Booth 236520

Kawasaki has genuine Physical AI and intelligent robotics technology within its portfolio.

Its IMTS programme is focused more broadly on adaptive automation, inspection and robotic manufacturing, so visitors should ask directly which AI capabilities are being demonstrated.

Limitless Labs

Booth 237605

There will be plenty of software at IMTS described as AI. Limitless Labs is one of the companies worth visiting to understand how far AI can actually move into the CNC programming process.

Its CAM Agent is designed to understand the manufacturing context around a component rather than operate as a conventional software chatbot.

The system can work with CAD geometry, tolerances, available machines, tooling and machining physics before generating native CAM operations that remain editable by the programmer.

At IMTS, Limitless will demonstrate the technology using production-representative components, including machining strategy generation, tool selection and cutting conditions calibrated to the material and machine.

The company is already working with Siemens NX, while Mastercam deployments are progressing through pilots.

Its partnership with Cimatron has also produced the new Cimatron CAM Agent debuting at the show.

That means visitors can see Limitless both as an independent AI manufacturing company and through the commercial CAM platforms beginning to integrate its technology.

MachineToolNews.ai recently spoke with CEO and co-founder David Priev about the company’s approach to programmer control, workflow retention, manufacturing knowledge and AI inside CAM.

Read our full interview: Inside the Limitless Labs AI CAM Agent.

For CNC programmers and manufacturing engineers trying to understand the difference between an AI copilot and an AI system capable of carrying out manufacturing work, Limitless Labs should be high on the IMTS list.

Mastercam

Booth 133222

Mastercam is bringing Mastercam Copilot into its wider connected manufacturing workflow.

The technology adds AI assistance directly into the CAM environment, helping programmers work faster without removing their control over the final process.

Mazak

Booth 338300

Mazak is among the machine-tool builders highlighted by IMTS for using AI to reduce programming and setup time, improve machining stability and support machine-condition diagnosis.

Microsoft

Booth 237660

Microsoft brings the data, cloud, security and agent infrastructure required for manufacturers to deploy industrial AI at scale.

It is also one of the major technology companies involved in the wider IMTS Industrial AI programme.

ModuleWorks

Booth 133313

ModuleWorks develops technology underneath many commercial CAM platforms.

Its wider AI research includes Artificial Intelligence Controlled Milling, machine learning and intelligent toolpath generation, although its IMTS presentation is not being positioned around one specific AI launch.

Okuma

Booth 338500

Okuma is combining CNC machinery, automation and AI, including an AI automation robot cell developed with Intrinsic.

That makes it one of the more interesting machine-tool stops for visitors looking at the convergence of CNC and Physical AI.

OPEN MIND Technologies

Booth 133351

OPEN MIND’s wider hyperMILL portfolio includes hyperMILL INTELLIGENCE and AI-supported technology.

Its IMTS messaging is broader than AI alone, but it remains a worthwhile CAM company to question about the role AI will play in advanced programming.

Relay

Booth 135850

Relay brings AI into frontline factory operations rather than machining itself.

Its platform combines connected worker communication, operational information and intelligent digital workflows, making it an interesting stop for manufacturers focused on the human side of factory AI.

Sandvik and Sandvik Coromant

Sandvik Booth 133312 | Sandvik Coromant Booth 338348

Sandvik’s AI position spans digital machining, CAM, tooling intelligence, predictive analytics and manufacturing software.

Its strength is the combination of manufacturing knowledge and production data, giving AI systems a much deeper understanding of machining conditions.

SCHUNK

Booths 432010 and 236700

SCHUNK has been developing AI-supported gripping technology including its 2D Grasping Kit and wider Physical AI initiatives.

Its IMTS messaging is broader around automation and workholding, so visitors should ask exactly which AI technologies are running on the stand.

Shibaura Machine

Booth 339424

Shibaura Machine’s LEO conversational AI assistant is designed to support machine operators directly.

It is another example of AI moving away from separate applications and toward the machine interface itself.

Siemens

Booth 338262

Siemens remains one of the marquee industrial AI names at IMTS.

Its position covers CNC, automation, digital twins, manufacturing software and AI infrastructure, giving visitors one of the broadest views of how intelligence can be integrated across a production environment.

SolidCAM

Booth 135800

SolidCAM is bringing AI-assisted CAM technology and Copilot functionality into its programming environment.

It gives visitors another useful comparison point alongside CloudNC, Cimatron, Mastercam and OPEN MIND.

SYSPRO

Booth 133024

IMTS will host the first public showcase of SYSPRO Torque, an Industrial AI platform using AI agents to identify manufacturing problems, recommend actions and carry out governed workflows.

United Machining Solutions / United Grinding

Booth 236802

United Machining Solutions will showcase an IoT Hub gathering information from 531 machine sensors.

AI can then be applied to this machine data to support areas including machine health, part quality and lifecycle performance.

Universal Robots

Booth 236744

Universal Robots brings AI-enhanced cobot programming, vision and motion into flexible automation.

For smaller manufacturers, this may be one of the more accessible routes into Physical AI.

Vention

Booth 236860

Vention will demonstrate Physical AI technology including Rapid Operator AI, intelligent bin picking and autonomous robotic handling.

The technology is designed to allow robots to adapt to variability rather than rely entirely on fixed programming.

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

Booth 134302

ZEISS is applying AI to inspection and quality analysis, including technologies around industrial CT, defect recognition and metrology data.

Four More Exhibitors We Are Watching

There are four additional exhibitors MachineToolNews.ai believes visitors should keep an eye on.

All are relevant technology companies, but at the time of publication we were unable to confirm whether they will actually demonstrate an AI-enabled technology at IMTS 2026.

They may have something AI-related on their stands. They may not.

Festo

Festo has genuine AI technology, particularly GripperAI, which applies AI to robotic gripping and handling.

However, we have not been able to confirm that GripperAI or another Festo AI technology will actually be demonstrated at IMTS.

HELLER Machine Tools

Booth 338930

HELLER is bringing major machine-tool and automation technology to IMTS.

The company has extensive digital manufacturing capability, but at the time of publication we could not confirm a specific AI-enabled product or machine being demonstrated.

Vision Engineering

Vision Engineering operates in digital microscopy, inspection and metrology, areas where AI is increasingly becoming important.

MachineToolNews.ai has asked the company whether AI will form part of its IMTS activity, but at the time of publication we had not received confirmation.

Zimmermann

Booth 339336

Zimmermann will showcase the FZU22 five-axis portal milling machine.

The company has wider activity around intelligent data analysis and digitalisation, but we have been unable to confirm that an AI technology will be demonstrated at its IMTS booth.

The Full IMTS 2026 AI Exhibitor List

The companies above are our editorial shortlist.

They are not the complete AI landscape at IMTS.

MachineToolNews.ai’s full research identified 175 AI-related exhibitor entries across the exhibition, covering everything from AI-native manufacturing startups to global software, machine-tool, robotics and automation companies.

Rather than turn this article into an enormous directory, we have created a separate searchable visitor guide.

Click here for the full IMTS 2026 AI exhibitor list, booth numbers and what AI technology each company is bringing

MTN Analysis

The key story at IMTS 2026 is not how many companies are using the term AI.

It is where the technology is appearing.

AI is entering CAM programming, CNC controls, machine tools, inspection systems, robotics, maintenance, quality, ERP and production management.

That means visitors should ask a much more useful question than, “Does this product use AI?”

Ask instead:

What manufacturing problem does it solve?

What decision is the AI making?

Can an experienced person review or override it?

Does it work with the systems already installed?

And what measurable improvement should it deliver?

Those questions will separate genuinely useful industrial AI from impressive demonstrations that become difficult to implement once the show ends.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is IMTS 2026?

IMTS 2026 takes place from September 14 to 19, 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

How many AI exhibitors has MachineToolNews.ai identified at IMTS 2026?

Our research identified 175 AI-related exhibitor entries across the official IMTS exhibitor universe.

Where can I find all the AI exhibitors and booth numbers?

MachineToolNews.ai has created a separate searchable Google Sheet containing the full list, booth numbers and the AI technology associated with each company.

View the full IMTS 2026 AI exhibitor list here

Which IMTS exhibitors are using AI for CNC programming?

Companies to investigate include CloudNC, Cimatron, Limitless Labs, Mastercam, ModuleWorks, OPEN MIND, SolidCAM, VERICUT and others.

Which exhibitors are demonstrating Physical AI?

Vention is explicitly demonstrating Physical AI technology, while FANUC, Intrinsic, Kawasaki Robotics, SCHUNK and Universal Robots are among the major robotics and automation companies worth visiting.