LaserWeeder

Carbon Robotics (founded 2018, Seattle, Washington; founder and CEO Paul Mikesell) makes the commercial LaserWeeder, which combines computer vision with high-power lasers to kill weeds without chemicals. By its own reporting the product has serviced more than 250,000 acres, eliminated over 15 billion weeds, and runs as 150-plus machines on 100-plus farms across roughly fourteen to fifteen countries; a modular, faster LaserWeeder G2 line launched in February 2025. A load-bearing classification point: the LaserWeeder is a towed, pull-behind implement with no locomotion of its own, pulled through the field by a conventional tractor. Carbon's original 2021 LaserWeeder was a self-driving platform, but the company deliberately pivoted to a smart-implement format for faster payback. Its separate Carbon AutoTractor kit, launched in April 2025, is the autonomy and mobility layer: a retrofit that adds remote-supervised driverless operation to John Deere 6R and 8R tractors, at an early and limited commercial release. On funding, Carbon's own Series D release puts total funding at $157 million (a $70 million Series D led by BOND in October 2024, after a $30 million Series C led by Sozo in 2023), with an additional roughly $20 million raised in October 2025 for a new undisclosed robot; an aggregator figure of about $276 million is not primary-verified and is not asserted here.

LaserWeeder is listed at $1,400,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an analyst estimate, not an official price.

Yes. LaserWeeder is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Yes. DEPLOY independently verifies LaserWeeder performing weed identification and laser elimination autonomously, with no human in the loop.

LaserWeeder is made by Carbon Robotics, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 2018.

4 verified deployments of LaserWeeder are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Arvin, Soledad, Salinas.

LaserWeeder is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable agriculture robots to LaserWeeder include VMS V310, John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray, MK-V, Solinftec Solix Ag Robotics.

LaserWeeder and VMS V310 (DeLaval · 9 deployments) are both agriculture robots on the DEPLOY registry. LaserWeeder has 4 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, LaserWeeder ranks in roughly the top 34% of agriculture models tracked by the registry.

LaserWeeder is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

LaserWeeder has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

The LaserWeeder costs approximately $300,000 per unit (analyst estimate). A Western Growers study found a cost of $900 per acre. The system eliminates over 200,000 weeds per hour at an 80% cost savings compared to manual weeding. It covers 3.12 acres per hour and has eliminated 40+ billion weeds across 500,000+ acres.