Sick AG

Sick AG
Type Aktiengesellschaft
Industry Industrial sensors
Founded 1946
Headquarters Waldkirch, Germany
Revenue 748.9 million euro (2010)[1]
Net income €42.9 million euro (2010)[1]
Employees 5,193 (2010)[1]
Website www.sick.com

Sick AG is a company based in Waldkirch, Germany. It produces sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. The company is active in the areas of factory and logistics automation and process automation.[2]

Five LIDARs produced by the Sick AG were used for short range detection on Stanley, the autonomous car that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and can be seen on the roof of the vehicle. SICK/IBEO LIDARs were also used for obstacle avoidance, mapping and pedestrian tracking on WAMbot, the autonomous vehicle that came 4th in the MAGIC 2010 competition

History

Sick AG was founded in 1946 by Erwin Sick (1909-1988). He received a license from the temporary American government to operate his engineering firm.

The first mass-produced product was a safety light-grid, shown at the International Machine Tool Trade Fair in Hannover 1952.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sick at a glance". http://www.sick.com/group/EN/home/about_sick/investor_relations/ir_sick/Pages/sick_keyfigures.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  2. ^ "About Sick". http://www.sick.com/group/EN/home/about_sick/Pages/about_sick.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-16.