Automation Awards
Honouring the engineers, platforms and enterprises rewriting how the world works — one autonomous workflow at a time.
Recognising the Architects of Autonomous Work
Automation has quietly become the connective tissue of the modern economy. From robotic process automation orchestrating millions of back-office transactions, to physical robots palletising warehouses overnight, to AI agents that triage support tickets before a human ever wakes up — the discipline now touches almost every industry on earth. The Automation Awards exist to spotlight the organisations and individuals turning that potential into measurable, repeatable results.
What separates a genuinely transformative automation programme from a flashy demo is rarely the algorithm. It is the disciplined integration of process design, change management, data quality and human trust. The teams we celebrate understand that automating a broken process simply produces broken outcomes faster. They re-architect the work itself, then hand the repetitive load to machines so that people can focus on judgement, creativity and care.
By placing automation alongside the broader technology sectors we recognise, the World Technology Awards give serious builders the independent, credible platform they deserve. Whether you ship an automation platform, deploy it at enterprise scale, or pioneer an entirely new approach, this is where exceptional work is seen, validated and rewarded. ⚙️
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What We Recognise
Six distinct honours covering the full automation spectrum — from platforms and products to the people and start-ups shaping what comes next.
Automation Company of the Year
The flagship honour for the organisation delivering the most consistent, large-scale automation impact across customers, sectors and geographies during the awards year.
Automation Product of the Year
Awarded to a single platform, tool or solution — RPA suite, orchestration engine or intelligent workflow product — that sets a new benchmark for capability and usability.
Automation Innovation Award
For breakthrough thinking: novel architectures, agentic systems, hyperautomation approaches or techniques that meaningfully expand what automation can reliably do.
Automation Start-up of the Year
Celebrating an early-stage venture (typically under five years old) demonstrating exceptional traction, technical depth and a credible path to category leadership.
Best Emerging Automation Technology
Recognising a rising solution or research-led product that is moving from promising concept to real-world deployment with clear, defensible results.
Automation Excellence Award
Honouring an outstanding implementation or programme — the deployment that proves measurable ROI, operational resilience and genuine workforce enablement.
Who Should Enter
If your work makes processes faster, safer or smarter without constant human intervention, the Automation Awards are for you.
RPA & Workflow Vendors
Software companies building robotic process automation, low-code workflow and orchestration platforms used across the enterprise.
Industrial Automation Firms
Builders of factory, logistics and process-control systems that automate physical operations at scale.
Intelligent & Agentic Automation
Teams combining AI, machine learning and decisioning to create systems that act, not just execute fixed rules.
Enterprise Automation Teams
In-house centres of excellence and shared-service groups running high-impact automation programmes inside large organisations.
System Integrators & Consultancies
Partners who design, implement and scale automation deployments for clients across industries and regions.
Automation Start-ups
Founders bringing fresh architectures — document AI, test automation, observability or autonomous operations — to market.
Tooling & Infrastructure Providers
Companies supplying the connectors, monitoring, governance and DevOps layers that keep automation reliable in production.
Researchers & Innovators
Labs and individuals advancing the science of automation, from process mining to self-healing autonomous systems.
Benefits of Winning
Independent Credibility
A win from an impartial international panel cuts through the noise of self-reported metrics, giving buyers and boards a trusted signal of quality.
Amplified Visibility
Featured placement across our winners showcase, press outreach and social channels puts your automation story in front of decision-makers worldwide.
Sales & Talent Advantage
Award badges shorten procurement cycles, strengthen RFP responses and help attract the engineers who want to work on category-defining products.
Peer Recognition & Network
Join a community of leading builders across robotics and industrial automation, opening doors to partnerships and investment.
Judging Criteria
Every submission is scored by independent experts against six weighted dimensions designed to reward substance over spectacle.
- Measurable Impact — quantified gains in throughput, accuracy, cost, cycle time or risk reduction, supported by evidence.
- Technical Sophistication — the depth, reliability and engineering quality of the automation architecture itself.
- Innovation & Differentiation — how the solution advances the field beyond established, commoditised approaches.
- Scalability & Resilience — the ability to run dependably in production, across volume spikes, edge cases and change.
- Human & Workforce Outcomes — how the work augments people, manages change and earns user trust rather than eroding it.
- Real-World Adoption — demonstrated traction, customer evidence and sustained value delivered over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
All meaningful forms qualify, including robotic process automation, intelligent and agentic automation, test automation, document and decision automation, and physical or industrial automation. If your solution reduces manual effort while improving reliability, it belongs in the Automation Awards. Closely related work may also fit our Robotics Awards or Industrial Automation Awards.
Yes. We welcome software vendors, system integrators, consultancies, and internal automation centres of excellence. Some categories such as Product of the Year suit vendors, while the Excellence Award is well suited to outstanding in-house implementations and programmes.
Very. Measurable impact carries significant weight in scoring. The strongest entries pair a clear narrative with quantified outcomes — hours saved, error rates reduced, cycle times cut or revenue enabled — backed by credible evidence rather than estimates alone.
Absolutely. Dedicated tracks such as Automation Start-up of the Year and Best Emerging Automation Technology are designed so that younger companies are judged on innovation, traction and potential rather than sheer scale, ensuring a level playing field.
Begin with our online nomination form, selecting the categories that fit your work. Submissions are reviewed by our independent panel against the published criteria, and shortlisted entries are notified ahead of the winners announcement. You can also explore opportunities by region across our programme.
Explore more: All Award Categories • Technology Sectors • Robotics Awards • Industrial Automation Awards