Overview
Cobot hit the floor at Automate 2026 with a clean, tech-forward 20’ × 30’ build — crisp white panel walls, wood-grain accents, and twin sets of dimensional, can-lit ‘cobot’ letters riding above an open canopy grid. Under the lights, an 85” and a 75” monitor carried the demo content while L-shaped floating shelves and high-boy tables kept the floor open for conversations.
All Exhibit Solutions handled the show-site install and dismantle at McCormick Place in Chicago. Working from a 26-sheet setup package, the crew stood the aluminum extrusion structure, set the canopy grid, hung the lit logo sets, and dialed in power, lighting, and finishes so the booth opened clean on day one — and came down just as clean after the final bell.
Booth Rendering
Challenge
Cobot’s 20’ × 30’ called for a full canopy roof carrying two sets of dimensional can-lit letters, LED perimeter lighting, and six 24” × 24” LED fixtures — all riding on an aluminum extrusion frame that had to go up straight, level, and fast inside McCormick Place’s move-in window. With an 85” and a 75” monitor hung on opposite walls, and wood-grain casework, floating shelves, and a laminated floor waiting on the structure, there was no slack for a frame that wasn’t true.
"Everything overhead — the canopy, the letters, the lights — telegraphs through the frame. If the extrusion isn’t dead level, you see it from every aisle."
— Project Lead, AES
Approach
Drawings & Pre-Plan
Walked the 26-sheet setup package before move-in — floorplan, rigging, ceiling electrical, and panel plan — and sequenced the build around McCormick Place’s freight and rigging windows.
Structure & Canopy
Stood the aluminum extrusion skeleton and locked the canopy grid in level and square, ladder crews working section by section so the roof could carry the letter sets and lighting.
Panels, Power & Monitors
Set the panel walls, white laminated floor, and wood-grain casework, then hung the 85” and 75” monitors and ran power for the LED perimeter and can-lit logos.
Detail & Walkthrough
Floating shelves, high-boys, and final finish QA, then a full walkthrough with the client team before the hall opened — and a clean dismantle after close.
Results
The booth opened on time on June 22 and ran clean through all four show days. The canopy line stayed straight, the letters stayed lit, and the crew turned the dismantle around on schedule after close — crates out, floor clear, no surprises.
Booth Highlights
A few frames from move-in at McCormick Place — structure, canopy, and panel work on the Cobot build.
Can-Lit Logo Sets
Two sets of dimensional ‘cobot’ letters mounted above the canopy, can-lit so the name reads from across the hall in both directions.
Canopy Grid & Lighting
Open canopy roof carrying six 24” × 24” LED fixtures plus LED perimeter lighting for an even wash over the whole footprint.
Finishes & AV
White panel walls and laminated floor with wood-grain casework and tables, L-shaped floating shelves, and 85” / 75” monitors for demo content.
