The Carbon Robotics
#LaserWeeder
: precision, organic, weed control for large-scale specialty row crops. Pioneering
#laserweeding
in commercial farming.
Watch the LaserWeeder identify, shoot, and cook 1,500 weeds per minute in densely planted Arugula. Leading growers are cutting weed control costs and increasing crop yield, quality, and consistency.
#AgTech
#AI
#Robotic
#laser
Laserweeding in densely planted chard. Planting high density maximizes yield/acre productivity for growers - but also creates a unique weed control challenge. How to effectively kill weeds in such tight spacing without damaging crop plants? Enter LaserWeeder
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#laser
Our recent implementation of Tripod Farmers' LaserWeeder has been incredibly smooth. Straight into the fields, and destroying weeds. Here are some clips in
#romaine
(Cos) and Butter
#lettuce
where you can really see how efficiently the machine eliminates weeds
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#farming
LaserWeeding at night. Some farmers are running 24 hours/day x 6 days/week this spring. VP Product John Mey trails LaserWeeder identifying speed and efficacy optimizations.
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#computervision
#robotics
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LaserWeeding high density carrot fields this morning in Imperial Valley CA. High weed and grass pressure. Quite a visual show.
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#ai
#deeplearning
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RYEGRASS!
This weed species keeps popping up in conversation. As herbicide-resistant weeds like ryegrass become common we are getting more and more growers looking for alternative weeding solutions like LaserWeeder.
#ryegrass
#farming
#herbicideresistance
#weeding
#onions
🚨 WARNING: Flashing Lights! ⚡️
What you’re seeing here is steam being released from the moisture inside weeds. We flash boil the water inside with precision lasers, rupturing the cell walls and smoking the weeds.
It’s like Woodstock for plants 💥🌱 🔥 💨
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#agtech
#farming
🇦🇺 The 1st LaserWeeder touches down on Australian soil at Dolling Produce!
Dolling is revolutionizing agriculture with cutting-edge technology for a more sustainable future.
Huge thank you to Leanne, Brett, and Jarryd Dolling for pioneering the future of weed control with us!
LaserWeeder bound for Melbourne Australia! Multiple Australian growers will be laserweeding before the end of the year just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
How do lasers kill weeds? Each laser applies the right amount of thermal energy required for each individual weed based on type and size. This essentially steams or "cooks" the weed using its own water in the cells. The weed withers, dies, and is reabsorbed into the soil.
See what happens to weeds as 30x150W lasers deliver the optimal dose of thermal energy directly to the meristem of each individual plant.
Reduce out of pocket weed control costs by 80%. Increase crop health, quality, and yield. Plant higher density. The future of weed control.
A recent test zone where we turned off the lasers briefly while Laserweeding a field. Look how fast the weeds grow compared to the crop plants - stealing valuable water and soil nutrients at a key stage of crop plant growth. Also how dense the weeds quickly become.
#AgTech
#laser
We're building
#LaserWeeders
as fast as we can. Demand accelerates as growers look for new
#weedcontrol
tools to offset problems w/ chemicals & labor. We're delivering. This unit shipped out of Detroit this week, on its way to a customer farm.
#MadeInUSA
#robotics
#ai
#AgTwitter
Hear the sizzle and see thousands of weeds per minute being LaserWeeded. Precision camera optics + high intensity lighting + sub millimeter accuracy enable little weeds you can't easily see to be eliminated before they have a chance to grow - or steal water and nutrients.
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🌱🥬 Did you know crop thinning is a game-changer for growers?
LaserWeeder can thin & weed simultaneously day & night 24/7, saving growers time & money while increasing yield & quality.
Learn more at .
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#ai
#thinning
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#technology
🧅Achieve larger onions, higher yields, and better quality with the Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder. This AI-powered laser technology targets only weeds, preserving soil and plant integrity. With herbicide restrictions and labor shortages, this sustainable solution ensures your
After 2 weeks, the laserweeded rows on left vs. not on right. Look at how much faster those weeds grow vs. young crop. Vastly superior to hand weeding, herbicides, or mechanical weeding.
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#weedcontrol
#agtech
The future of weed control is here!
At Carbon Robotics, we believe there’s a better way🌱🌎
We believe in providing growers with an herbicide free and 100% organic technological solution for weed control.
Cheers to a healthier planet, and a sustainable future free of herbicides!
The Carbon Robotics Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds.
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Revolution Growth has joined as a new investor in our now $35M Series C round of funding. Washington DC based Revolution brings climate and policy expertise to help Carbon Robotics transform agricultural innovation across the globe to benefit growers.
Carbon Robotics is driven by its strong
#engineering
culture. CTO
@alsrgv
(foreground) & CEO
@pmikesell
(background) work on the shop floor with the rest of the team: building, testing, perfecting. What's in your C-Suite? Ours has an oscilloscope.
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#agtech
#startuplife
Hungenberg Produce has laserweeded over 35 million weeds and had a huge reduction in weeding costs!
“We saved a bunch of money on our labor bill since purchasing the LaserWeeder. It went from $700,000 down to about $300,000.”
– Jordan Hungenberg, Co-Owner at Hungenberg Produce
AI-Powered LaserWeeders are rolling through fields in the West. Cut out-of-pocket weed control costs by 80 PCT. Solve labor availability and cost challenges. No herbicides. No soil or crop disturbance. Sustainable. Join the future of weed control today!
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#agtech
#lasers
Everyone likes to see pics of shiny new LaserWeeders, but we prefer to show the dusty ones at work on a farm. After all, our LaserWeeders are built to get dirty.
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#farming
#precisionag
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#weedcontrol
See the effectiveness of LaserWeeding. The lasers were purposefully disabled in the area between the two white flags to create a "check zone". Here's what the non-weeded check zone vs. weeded area looked like just 5 days later. About 70 weeds/sq ft.
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#farmtech
#weedcontrol
Great case study published by
@WesternGrowers
Center for Innovation & Technology! It features detailed results Braga Fresh Family Farms and TRIANGLE FARMS INC / JV Smith Companies have had with their LaserWeeders across leafy green crops.
Final set up and readying for the opening of
@WorldAgExpo
'24 in Tulare, CA tomorrow. Come see live laser shooting and chat with our team about what's new! Booth F26, South Exhibits - Tues, Wed, and Thurs.
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#laserweeding
Thank you Bayer Seminis for inviting us to demo our
#LaserWeeder
at the PNW Onion Experience in Payette, ID. Great conversations with growers at the frontier of weed control innovation in
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Come meet the Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder at these upcoming fall events:
10/8 Yuma AZ - U o f A (link coming soon)
10/18-20 Fresno CA - FIRA-USA
11/30-12/1 Monterey CA - Organic Growers Summit
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#weedcontrol
This is baby red lettuce that we
#laserweeded
last week, then re-visited 5 days later. The center section of this 80" row was not weeded, and you can clearly see weeds growing in competition with the crops. It's like night & day.
#thefutureofweedcontrol
#weedcontrol
#agtech
#ag
Sometimes you need to find a little bit of sunshine. A visit from Peter the
#babygoat
is enough to brighten spirits amid the
#Seattle
rain. Thanks to our front-end software engineer Ansel for adding fuzzy farm sanctuary animals to the
#PetsOfCarbon
. It's a slice of
#StartupLife
.
Bud2 and his handler Stanley are working in Hollister, CA today capturing images in
#chard
. Our
#laserweeding
robots use a
#deeplearning
model to see weeds in crops, track the weed positions while rolling, and then zap the
#weeds
dead w/ millimeter accuracy.
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#agtech
Our mechanical engineer, Michael Tanja, EIT, in action welding up a test bench for a water cooled laser array at Carbon Robotics HQ. Each AI-powered LaserWeeder comes equipped with 30 x 150W CO2 lasers that can shoot 5,000 weeds per minute with millimeter precision.
#lasers
#ai
As the sun sets on 2021, we reflect on two milestones. Apr: we launched our 1st product, the Autonomous
#LaserWeeder
. Sept: we closed a $27M
#SeriesB
round to scale production, expand the team, & innovate. We're always moving forward, and have big plans in '22!
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"Our neural nets are the best in the world because of the amount of data, images, and object labels we've collected—and the sheer amount of time we've been doing this." - Paul Mikesell, Carbon Robotics CEO
Watch part two of this informative series produced by Sharon Spielman,
People may wonder if
#laserweeding
is just smoke and mirrors. Well, our
#LaserWeeder
#robots
use special mirrors to reflect
#laserbeams
, and there's a bit of smoke when a beam zaps a weed. But there's much more to the story.
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