Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder uses artificial intelligence to recognize and zap a wide variety of weeds with powerful laser ...

BOISE, Idaho — New Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology offers a new way for crop growers to remove weeds from their fields. Traditionally, the task of weeding began with people pulling it by hand.

German scientists are seriously developing a laser based system of weed control in order to be more “environmentally friendly” than using chemical poisons. What could go wrong ? Laser armed Robots and ...

Amid a growing agricultural labor crisis, a cadre of computer scientists, farmers and venture capitalists are pitching tech-based solutions that bring to mind a joke from a late `90s comedy classic.

SEATTLE — Northwest vegetable farmers may have a new, futuristic tool at their disposal for weed management. Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based startup company, is harnessing the power of lasers to zap ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, today announced that its LaserWeeder™ has been named “Best AI-based Solution for Agriculture” in the sixth annual AI ...

US startup Carbon Robotics says it has closed a series B round of venture financing that will be used to scale production of an automated vehicle equipped with lasers to destroy weeds. The Seattle ...

I think I may have stumbled on the next big thing in long-term care: laser weeding. Yes, you heard me right. Laser weeding. The possible uses for this innovative management tool are almost endless.

Swarms of robotic drones outfitted with solid-state lasers may be tomorrow’s environmentally-friendly weed killers, according to a team of German researchers. While this this may sound at odds with ...