USA, San Jose-based robotics company, UnitX, specializing in AI vision systems for the manufacturing industry, has successfully secured $5 million in funding from backers including SE Ventures and Schneider Electric. The funding will be allocated towards geographical expansion and further enhancements in the quality, traceability, and profitability of manufacturing operations. Under the leadership of CEO Keven Wang, UnitX's cutting-edge technology automates visual defect detection, significantly improving yields and reducing scrap in vital manufacturing sectors such as lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicles, and automotive. Utilizing its software-defined vision system ("OptiX") and edge AI compute platform, UnitX provides inspection and defect detection capabilities to manufacturers, empowering them to achieve higher quality standards and optimize their processes.