[1] The company is particularly well known for its laser scanners, which are used as sensors in the fields of facility protection (security), ports, and robotics.

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; they 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.

The economic breakthrough came in 1952 with the volume production of the accident-prevention light curtain, presented at the International Machine-Tool Trade Fair in Hanover.

Sick AG has a global presence with almost 60 subsidiaries and participations, as well as numerous sales agencies.