Association for Advancing Automation

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, 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 a long acted as an umbrella organisation for the individual trade organizations.

Programs/events
A3 hosts the International Robot Safety Conference (IRSC). A3 also hosts an annual Workforce Development Day for students ages 12 and up with industry instructors to lean about technologies and careers related to automation and robotics across industries.