FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Goris Patrick P.	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
2/7/2017 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC [ROK]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Sr. VP and CFO /	
(Street)

MILWAUKEE, WI 53204       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	4188.96   (1)	D  	 	
Common Stock  	1405.3193  	I  	By Savings Plan  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Common Stock Share Equivalents  	  (3)	  (3)	Common Stock  	326.8836  	  (2)	I  	Nonqualified savings plan  	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/1/2012   (4)	12/1/2021  	Common Stock  	4900  	$74.14  	D  	 	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/6/2013   (4)	12/6/2022  	Common Stock  	3400  	$80.11  	D  	 	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/4/2014   (4)	12/4/2023  	Common Stock  	2600  	$108.89  	D  	 	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/2/2015   (4)	12/2/2024  	Common Stock  	3300  	$115.69  	D  	 	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/3/2016   (4)	12/3/2025  	Common Stock  	3700  	$104.08  	D  	 	
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  	12/6/2017   (4)	12/6/2026  	Common Stock  	3100  	$136.4  	D  	 	

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	Includes 630 shares held by the Company to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.	
(  2) 	Each unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Company common stock.	
(  3) 	The share equivalents are payable in cash upon retirement or after termination of employment.	
(  4) 	The option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on the date exercisable.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Goris Patrick P.
1201 SOUTH SECOND STREET
MILWAUKEE, WI 53204			Sr. VP and CFO		

Signatures		
Karen A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-fact for Patrick P. Goris		2/8/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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power of attorney
I, Patrick P. Goris, appoint Rebecca W. House and Karen A. Balistreri, signing singly, attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Execute on my behalf and in my capacity as an officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Forms 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules thereunder (the "Form" or "Forms"); and
(2) Perform any and all acts on my behalf that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form and timely file such Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) Take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in- fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.
I grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any act necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present. I ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do by the rights and powers granted by this Power of Attorney. Each attorney-in-fact shall have full power of substitution or revocation.
I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney will remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file the Forms with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless I earlier revoke it in a signed writing delivered to the Office of the Secretary of the Company for distribution to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of February, 2017.

/s/ Patrick P. Goris

Patrick P. Goris	

tary of the Company for
distribution to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigne