Zebra Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA), today announced a strategic investment in Apera AI, a provider of 4D Vision for industrial robots. This venture investment reinforces Zebra's focus on digitizing and automating workflows to accelerate frontline operations for organizations in the manufacturing and logistics industries and beyond.

Apera AI's 4D Vision system equips robots with real-time visual intelligence, enabling them to locate, identify, and manipulate complex parts with speed, precision, and reliability. Apera AI uses light-resilient stereo vision and AI models to function reliably in dynamic, real-world factory conditions, adapting to shifting bins, changing lighting conditions, worn grippers, and complex part geometry.