LaserWeeder

Carbon Robotics (founded 2018, Seattle; CEO Paul Mikesell) makes the commercial LaserWeeder, which combines computer vision with high-power lasers to kill weeds without chemicals. There is no consumer price: it is B2B agricultural equipment, not a product sold to consumers. By its own reporting it has serviced more than 250,000 acres, eliminated over 15 billion weeds, and runs as 150-plus machines on 100-plus farms across roughly 14-15 countries; a modular, faster LaserWeeder G2 launched in February 2025. A load-bearing classification point: the LaserWeeder is a towed, pull-behind implement with no locomotion of its own (a conventional tractor pulls it). 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 (April 2025) is the autonomy and mobility layer, a retrofit that adds remote-supervised driverless operation to John Deere 6R and 8R tractors, at early and limited commercial release. On funding, Carbon's own Series D release puts total funding at $157 million (a $70M Series D led by BOND in October 2024); an aggregator figure of about $276 million is not primary-verified and is not asserted, and the deployment figures are company-reported.

Readiness

LaserWeeder is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

Availability

internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty

no-price

No price points on file for LaserWeeder.

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Capability honesty

no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for LaserWeeder.

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Real-world use

commercial

Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

no-incidents

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

No reviewed price points on file.

Real-world use

No verified deployments on file for LaserWeeder.

Safety record

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative.

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for LaserWeeder.

Specs

notes

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products

LaserWeeder / LaserWeeder G2: high-power-laser + computer-vision weeding implement (towed behind a tractor). Carbon AutoTractor (ATK): retrofit autonomy kit for John Deere 6R/8R tractors (remote-supervised).

formFactor

agriculture (computer-vision laser-weeding implement, tractor-towed; + separate AutoTractor autonomy kit)

What's under the hood

No brain on file for LaserWeeder.

Frequently asked questions

Is the LaserWeeder actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by Carbon Robotics.Source: Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder (250,000+ acres, 15B+ weeds, 100+ crops)

What does the LaserWeeder cost?

Not announced.

Where is the LaserWeeder being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

Is the LaserWeeder safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

How does the LaserWeeder handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for LaserWeeder.

Who makes the LaserWeeder?

LaserWeeder is made by Carbon Robotics, based in Seattle, Washington, USA.Source: Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder (250,000+ acres, 15B+ weeds, 100+ crops)

Video

Compared to

• MK-Vby Monarch Tractor · agriculture
• FD20by FarmDroid · agriculture

Sources

1. Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder (250,000+ acres, 15B+ weeds, 100+ crops) · https://carbonrobotics.com/laserweeder ↗
2. Carbon Robotics launches modular LaserWeeder G2 product line (Feb 2025) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250210556114/en/ ↗
3. Carbon AutoTractor / ATK autonomy retrofit kit for JD 6R/8R (Apr 2025) · https://www.therobotreport.com/carbon-robotics-introduces-new-carbon-autotractor-autonomy-kit/ ↗
4. Carbon Robotics $70M Series D led by BOND (total funding to $157M; Oct 2024) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241021330997/en/ ↗
5. Carbon Robotics $70M to scale LaserWeeder (Seattle; CEO Paul Mikesell) · https://www.therobotreport.com/carbon-robotics-brings-in-70m-to-scale-laserweeder/ ↗
6. Carbon Robotics raises ~$20M (Oct 2025) for a new secretive AI farm robot · https://www.geekwire.com/2025/carbon-robotics-raises-20m-as-laserweeder-maker-plans-secretive-new-ai-robot-for-farms/ ↗
7. Carbon Robotics official YouTube (@CarbonRoboticsLaserWeeding), embedded under standard YouTube embed terms. oEmbed author_url verified 2026-06. · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fOMy7PcSgg ↗ · 2026-06-04