Predictions Report

Predictions 2026: Automation And Robotics

Automation Will Integrate For Enterprise Autonomy

Oct 21, 2025

Summary

The next 12 months represent a pivotal moment for enterprise automation. As agentic AI continues to redefine the frontiers, traditional market categories will collide and converge. 2026 will be a year of strategic choices; automation buyers will attempt to align deterministic and cognitive automation technologies into a common framework for stable, value-oriented enterprise autonomy.

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