Sick
Tech Startup Accerion acquired
Sick announced the acquisition of the Dutch technology company Accerion. Accerion specializes in AI-based image processing with a focus on positioning technologies for mobile robots.
Accerion was founded in the Netherlands in 2015 and is a tech start-up specializing in AI-based image processing for the positioning of autonomous mobile robots. With the software-controlled positioning solution 'Triton', Accerion launched the world's first industrialized, infrastructure-free localization solution for ground structures based on cameras for mobile robots. Since 2021, Sick has been working in partnership with Accerion to support industrial customers worldwide in the accurate localization, positioning and navigation of mobile robots.
With the takeover, the entire Accerion product portfolio as well as the development and sales team were fully transferred to Sick on January 16, 2025. Product development at the new subsidiary 'Sick Accerion B.V.' will continue at the previous location in Venlo, the Netherlands.
"We are very pleased to welcome the Accerion team to Sick and to further strengthen our software portfolio for autonomous mobile robots for the future," says Dr. Niels Syassen, Executive Board Member for Technology & Digitalization at Sick. "The market for sensor solutions for autonomous mobile robots offers enormous growth potential, as the demands on industrial companies for an efficient supply chain in terms of throughput, availability, flexibility, and safety are steadily increasing. To best support customers worldwide in their automation projects, we are further developing our own sensor solutions and investing in new technologie," adds Dr. Niels Syassen.
Autonomous mobile robots - a global growth market
The global market for autonomous mobile robots is worth around four billion euros. Growth rates of over 15% show that industrial companies, for example in efficiency-driven intralogistics, are increasingly relying on the support of autonomous mobile robots. Modern sensor technologies and software solutions for navigation, localization and positioning enable the precise and safe movement of mobile robots in dynamic environments.
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