{"title":"Orbbec vs SICK AG: Vision & 3D perception compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/orbbec-vs-sick-ag","comparison":"Orbbec ranks 17 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 88; SICK AG ranks 38 with 84. Orbbec is ahead on progress and firepower. SICK AG is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, technology, positioning and leverage. Orbbec is based in Shenzhen, China, SICK AG in Waldkirch, Germany. Orbbec: Public, founded 2013. SICK AG: Established. Orbbec is named in 26 signals and SICK AG in 4.","companies":[{"name":"Orbbec","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/orbbec","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"Public","founded":2013,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Orbbec is a Chinese 3D-vision maker (SSE:688322) with 3,000+ customers across ~100 countries and a claimed >70% share of China's service-robot market, whose FY25 revenue was RMB 941M ($136M, +66.7%) as it turned profitable. It announced a Basler technology partnership (March 2026, extending to joint chip-level and system integration), a CES 2026 Gemini 305 launch with full Jetson Thor compatibility, and a China-Vietnam dual manufacturing hub. It manufactures its own products at millions-unit scale.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":17,"score":88,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":9,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Orbbec develops and sells 3D cameras and vision solutions for robots, including Gemini stereo cameras deployed with global automation companies and used in Universal Robots' AI Trainer.","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","layer":"Sensing"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":62},{"name":"SICK AG","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/sick-ag","city":"Waldkirch","country":"Germany","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"SICK AG is a German sensing giant (EUR 2.1B in 2024) making sensors across factory, logistics, and process automation, with 11,804 employees, though its 2024 revenue dipped below 2023 (a current-year confirmation flag). It announced a Malaysia manufacturing hub and a Knapp partnership, and launched its first Eve-powered FMCW sensor with Aeva (which named it 2026 Supplier of the Year). It is family/foundation-owned, disclosing annual figures only.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":38,"score":84,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":6,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"SICK sells PLB software for multi-bin picking, using 3D vision with robot-mounted cameras to help industrial robots identify and pick parts.","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","layer":"Sensing"},"signals_total":4,"facts_total":3}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}