Carbon anchors the laser-weeding task type of DEPLOY's agriculture cohort, and illustrates a key distinction: the LaserWeeder is a smart IMPLEMENT (towed), while autonomy/mobility is a separate product (the AutoTractor kit). It sits alongside FarmDroid's solar seed+weed robot, the CNH/Deere OEM-autonomy programs, and the discontinued Monarch.
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It is at genuine commercial scale: by the company's reporting, 250,000-plus acres serviced, 15 billion-plus weeds eliminated, 150-plus machines on 100-plus farms across ~14-15 countries, with the faster LaserWeeder G2 launched February 2025.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. The LaserWeeder is B2B agricultural equipment, not a product sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
This is B2B agricultural equipment, not a consumer product. From Carbon Robotics (Seattle), the LaserWeeder has serviced 250,000-plus acres on 100-plus farms across roughly 14-15 countries.
Real-world status
Carbon Robotics' LaserWeeder combines computer vision with high-power lasers to kill weeds without chemicals, anchoring the laser-weeding task type of DEPLOY's agriculture cohort. It is at commercial maturity: by the company's 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, with 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 adding 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; an aggregator figure of about $276 million is not primary-verified and is not asserted, and the deployment figures are company-reported.
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Two verified-vs-claimed points: the LaserWeeder is a towed implement with no locomotion (Carbon pivoted from its 2021 self-driving platform), so framing it as a self-driving robot is wrong; and total funding is $157 million per Carbon's own Series D release, while an aggregator figure of about $276 million is not primary-verified and is not asserted. Deployment figures are company-reported.
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There is no consumer price. The LaserWeeder is B2B agricultural equipment, not a product sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Agriculture approaches: Carbon vs FarmDroid vs CNH
Carbon LaserWeeder
FarmDroid FD20
CNH Raven Autonomy
Approach
Laser weeding (implement)
🟢verified
Solar seed+weed (robot)
🟢verified
OEM retrofit autonomy
🟢verified
Mobility
Towed (AutoTractor separate)
🟢verified
Self-mobile
🟢verified
On Case IH/New Holland
🟢verified
State
Commercial
🟢verified
Commercial
🟢verified
Commercial (retrofit)
🟢verified
Pricing
No consumer price
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No consumer price
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No consumer price
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Sources: DEPLOY registry, Carbon Robotics, The Robot Report
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy a Carbon LaserWeeder?
No⊘absence. The LaserWeeder is B2B agricultural equipment, not a product sold to consumers; there is no consumer price.
Is the LaserWeeder a self-driving robot?
No🟢verified. The LaserWeeder is a towed, pull-behind implement with no locomotion of its own (Carbon pivoted from its 2021 self-driving platform to a smart implement). The separate Carbon AutoTractor kit adds remote-supervised autonomy to John Deere tractors.
How widely is the LaserWeeder used?
By Carbon's own reporting, 250,000+ acres serviced, 15B+ weeds eliminated, 150+ machines on 100+ farms across ~14-15 countries🟡stated (company-reported).
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.