SICK AG ranks 38 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Zebra Technologies ranks 41 with 84. SICK AG is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Zebra Technologies is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on technology, positioning and leverage. SICK AG is based in Waldkirch, Germany, Zebra Technologies in Lincolnshire, United States. SICK AG: Established. Zebra Technologies: Public. SICK AG is named in 4 signals and Zebra Technologies in 18.
SICK sells PLB software for multi-bin picking, using 3D vision with robot-mounted cameras to help industrial robots identify and pick parts.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
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.
4 signals name SICK AG.
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Zebra marketed Fetch autonomous mobile robots and its Symmetry Fulfillment robot-assisted picking solution to logistics and warehouse customers.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Zebra Technologies is a US enterprise-sensing company (Nasdaq:ZBRA) whose machine-vision and robotics assets include Photoneo 3D vision (folded into its Aurora machine-vision suite) and Fetch Robotics AMRs, serving 80%+ of the Fortune 500. It completed the Photoneo acquisition in March 2025, expanding 3D machine vision for automotive manufacturing and logistics. Group revenue and the vision and robotics segment figures are not broken out (group-scoped), and Fetch AMR volumes are undisclosed.
18 signals name Zebra Technologies.
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SICK AG ranks 38 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Zebra Technologies ranks 41 with 84. SICK AG is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Zebra Technologies is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on technology, positioning and leverage. SICK AG is based in Waldkirch, Germany, Zebra Technologies in Lincolnshire, United States. SICK AG: Established. Zebra Technologies: Public. SICK AG is named in 4 signals and Zebra Technologies in 18.
SICK AG ranks 38 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Zebra Technologies ranks 41 with 84. SICK AG is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Zebra Technologies is ahead on progress and firepower. Level on technology, positioning and leverage. SICK AG is based in Waldkirch, Germany, Zebra Technologies in Lincolnshire, United States. SICK AG: Established. Zebra Technologies: Public. SICK AG is named in 4 signals and Zebra Technologies in 18. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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