Carbon Robotics' LaserWeeder G2 zaps 600,000 weeds per hour with CO2 lasers
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-11-07
Seattle-based Carbon Robotics' LaserWeeder G2 uses deep computer vision and dozens of CO2 lasers to identify and vaporize weeds at sub-millimeter precision — processing 4.7M images per hour and zapping up to 600,000 weeds hourly without touching soil. Over 150 units are deployed globally, having killed 30B+ weeds across 100+ crops, with modular models now scaling worldwide.
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