With Triton, Accerion goals to deal with the widespread ache factors that include SLAM navigation. | Supply: Accerion
SICK, a developer of sensor-based automation options, acquired Accerion for an undisclosed quantity. Accerion is a Dutch expertise firm that makes a speciality of AI-based picture processing and focuses on positioning applied sciences for autonomous cellular robots (AMRs).
The businesses have labored collectively since 2021 to provide AMRs exact localization, positioning, and navigation capabilities.
Germany-based SICK stated the acquisition strengthens its portfolio of positioning applied sciences.
“We’re more than happy to welcome the Accerion workforce to SICK and to additional strengthen our software program portfolio for autonomous cellular robots for the longer term,” stated Dr. Niels Syassen, government board member for expertise and digitalization at SICK. “The marketplace for sensor options for autonomous cellular robots affords huge progress potential, because the calls for on industrial corporations for an environment friendly provide chain by way of throughput, availability, flexibility, and security are steadily rising. To greatest assist clients worldwide of their automation tasks, we’re additional creating our personal sensor options and investing in new applied sciences.”
Your complete product portfolio and Accerion workforce transitioned to SICK on January 16, 2025. The brand new SICK subsidiary, SICK Accerion B.V., will proceed its product improvement on the present location in Venlo, Netherlands.
SICK has 60 subsidiaries worldwide, greater than 12,000 workers, and a bunch income of EUR 2.3 billion in its 2023 fiscal yr.
SICK targets AMRs with acquisition
Accerion was based in 2015 within the Netherlands. The firm’s software-driven positioning answer, Triton, is an industrialized, infrastructure-free localization answer for ground buildings primarily based on cellular robotic digicam expertise.
“With our devoted workforce, we constructed Triton, a cutting-edge localization answer, solely from the bottom up. As we speak, Triton delivers high-performance localization for 1000’s of robots across the globe. Our shut collaboration with SICK has proven how completely our merchandise and cultures complement each other. We’re thrilled to formally be a part of the SICK household, the place we are able to leverage this synergy to scale localization options worldwide,” Vincent Burg, CEO of Accerion, stated.
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AMRs are enabling increased effectivity by automation in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, and different industrial sectors. SICK stated the worldwide marketplace for AMRs has a quantity of round 4 billion euros. The corporate added that progress charges of over 15% present that industrial corporations are more and more counting on AMRs.
Trendy sensor applied sciences for navigation, localization, and positioning allow AMRs to exactly and safely navigate their atmosphere. Particularly when working round individuals, it’s important that AMRs acknowledge their environment and other people.
Sensor-related offers
The Robotic Report has seen a number of acquisitions within the sensor area lately. In February 2023, Ouster and Velodyne, two of the most important lidar suppliers, accomplished their merger. The mixed firm has over 850 clients spanning the automotive, industrial, robotics, and sensible infrastructure industries. Moreover, it has a large mental property portfolio with 173 granted and 504 pending patents.
In December 2024, Zebra Applied sciences introduced plans to purchase Photoneo Brightpick Group’s imaginative and prescient unit. Firstly of 2024, ABB acquired Sevensense, which mixes AI and 3D imaginative and prescient to allow AMRs to distinguish between fastened and cellular objects in dynamic environments.
Intel is planning to spin off its RealSense enterprise as an impartial firm. Intel stated this will probably be finished within the first half of 2025, with the brand new enterprise being an Intel Capital portfolio firm. Intel instructed The Robotic Report the brand new model of RealSense will keep the identical product roadmap, SKUs and degree of service for its clients.