POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Martin Thomas, appoint Douglas M. Hagerman, 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, the Form or Forms, in accordance with Section 16a of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

     2.  Perform any and all acts on my behalf which 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
he 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 shall 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 1st day of February, 2007.

/s/ Martin Thomas