Carbon Robotics Deploys LaserWeeder To Replace Herbicides
On a February 2026 podcast, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. highlighted Carbon Robotics' LaserWeeder, an AI-powered tractor attachment that uses computer vision and lasers to eliminate weeds. Carbon Robotics, founded in 2018, says the LaserWeeder G2 and a recently announced Large Plant Model trained on about 150 million labeled plants are in production across hundreds of farms in 15 countries, presented as an alternative to herbicides and aimed at smaller farms.
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