Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder G2. The February 2022 commercial unit is 20 ft / 6.01 m wide and 9,500 lb / 4,309 kg, with 30 × 150 W diode lasers and 42 cameras. A single large plant model plus in-field iPad crop/weed tagging; iMerit labeled the pretraining set.
Agricultural robotics from Carbon Robotics.
Model specifications and operating notes.
Implement performance claims: 0.5–1.5 ac/hr; 5,000+ weeds/min; up to 99% kill. Homepage company claims: up to 80% cost cut; 5–50% yield; 1–3 yr payback; 7–10 yr life; 200+ growers. 150 million labeled plants; iMerit labeled ~1 million images vs Carbon’s ~2,000; partnership from 2020.
Specifications describe this product family and its listed configuration. Read operating notes for limits and qualifications. Listed figures are manufacturer or press claims, not independent verification of current availability.
G2 is named; the detailed spec table on /laserweeder is the Feb 2022 commercial implement.
Specifications describe this model and its listed configuration. Read operating notes for limits and qualifications. Listed figures are manufacturer or press claims, not independent verification of current availability.
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Company profile
Carbon Robotics makes LaserWeeder G2 and Carbon Autonomy. Carbon AI Large Plant Model: 150 million labeled plants, 15 countries, 100+ crops; 200+ growers. iMerit labeling partnership; CTO Alex Sergeev.
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Founder and CEO
Chief Technology Officer
Field relationships · Carbon Robotics
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
California
leafy greens · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Trial · Active · Research / university · US
Ithaca, New York
peer-reviewed laser weeding trial
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
21777 Harris Rd, Salinas, California 93908 · California
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
Arvin, California · Western US
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
laser thinning
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · 2 units · Grower / farm · US
701 W. 16th St. Suite 101, Yuma, Arizona 85364 · California, Colorado, Arizona
organic carrots, onions, spinach, salanova oakleaf lettuce, arugula, romaine · laser weeding and thinning
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Trial · Active · Grower / farm · AU
6206 Cunningham Highway, Kalbar, Queensland 4309 · Kalbar, Queensland
organic beans, onions, and other vegetables · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · 2 units · Grower / farm · ES
Spain / Europe
lettuce · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
6504 S. Steward Rd., San Juan, Texas 78589
organic vegetables · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · AU
Australia
leafy greens · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
232 NW Ave L, Belle Glade, Florida 33430
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Trial · Active · Research / university · US
New Brunswick, New Jersey
peer-reviewed laser weeding trial
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
387 West Market Street, Salinas, California 93901 · Western US
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Food company · US
150 Main Street, Suite 300, Salinas, California 93901 · Western US
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US
Salinas Valley, California
organic spinach, multi-leaf lettuce, carrots, onions, arugula, romaine · laser weeding
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Trial · Active · Research / university · US
LaserWeeder vs automated spray thinner
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active · Grower / farm · CA
Sherrington, Quebec · Quebec, Canada
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active
15 countries
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Robot · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Customer · Active
North America, Europe, and Australia
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Company deployment
Partner · Announced · Other · US
1525 E. North Street, Salina, Kansas 67401
Carbon Autonomy Ready program — first member
200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries.
Company funding · Carbon Robotics
Oct 23, 2025
$20.0M USD
A $20 million Series D-2 extension led by Giant Ventures funds a new AI farm robot and brings total funding to $177 million.
Oct 21, 2024
$70.0M USD
Carbon Robotics raised a $70 million Series D led by BOND to scale LaserWeeder, add products, and expand manufacturing, bringing total funding to $157 million.
Dec 6, 2023
$8.0M USD
An additional $8 million extended the Series C to $43 million and overall funding to $80 million to accelerate a new product line.
Apr 20, 2023
$5.0M USD
Revolution Growth joined the Series C, adding $5 million and bringing that round to $35 million and overall funding to $72 million.
Apr 11, 2023
$30.0M USD
Carbon Robotics closed $30 million in Series C financing led by Sozo Ventures to expand North American sales, manufacturing, and new products, bringing overall funding to $67 million.
Sep 1, 2021
$27.0M USD
Carbon Robotics closed a $27 million Series B led by Anthos Capital to scale Autonomous Weeder production, bringing overall funding to $36 million.
Sep 27, 2019
$8.9M USD
Then operating as Maka Autonomous Robots, the Seattle laser-weeding startup closed $8.9 million from Ignition Partners and Bolt.
Appearances
Company · Carbon Robotics
Dec 1, 2026
Visselhövede, DE
speaker
Toni Pick, Carbon Robotics, 1 December 2026, 09:30 session C1 — Eine volle Saison mit dem LaserWeeder G2. Booked company talk.
Product · Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder
Dec 1, 2026
Visselhövede, DE
speaker
LaserWeeder G2, 09:30 session C1, Toni Pick, Carbon Robotics. Booked company talk at Bio-Fachforum 2026.
Company · Carbon Robotics
Nov 10, 2026 – Nov 14, 2026
Bologna, IT
exhibitor
Hall 32, Stand A/20.
Updates
Product news · Oct 27, 2026
The Hustle published a field video with Paul Mikesell, Founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics, on 27 October 2026. Mikesell shows the LaserWeeder in Salinas and says the Large Plant Model is trained on more than 150 million labeled plant images. The machine is described as killing up to 10,000 weeds a minute. Carbon listed the Hustle item on its news page on 23 October 2026.
Product news · Oct 21, 2026
The 21 October follow-up reports the same Carbon Robotics statement given on 19 October: an undisclosed number of layoffs, employees affected across the United States and internationally and across a variety of positions, and 275 employees worldwide. Brett Goodwin, vice president of marketing, said the firm had to realign costs due to broader economic conditions. He did not say how many positions were cut.
Product news · Oct 19, 2026
Carbon Robotics confirmed an undisclosed number of layoffs across multiple departments in the United States and internationally. Brett Goodwin, vice president of marketing, said the company has 275 employees worldwide and attributed the cuts to a need to realign costs due to broader economic conditions. The company did not disclose how many roles were cut.
Product news · Oct 15, 2026
Kalfresh, a Queensland vegetable grower, is running Hort Innovation Next Gen Weed Management trials. Head of Agriculture Craig Dingle says an Ecorobotix ARA is working a Clintonvale carrot crop, spraying only weeds it detects in real time. Separately, a Carbon Robotics Gen 2 LaserWeeder is in organic crops; Ed Windley, a certified organic grower at Kalbar, calls it the fire snail. Craig Dingle says the laser weeder is particularly useful for beans and onions. Crops in the trial include onions, corn, carrots, beans, cabbage and broccoli.
Product news · Sep 15, 2026
Axel Månsson, a Danish organic vegetable grower in Jutland, has used an AgXeed T2 7 SERIES with a Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder since April. The robot communicates with the LaserWeeder and adjusts travel speed based on weed density. 4.5 stars on most of nine practical criteria.
Product news · Aug 31, 2026
Interview with Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO, at the inaugural Ruggedize conference at Reservoir Farms, Salinas. Carbon Robotics passed the $100 million revenue mark in the year to March 2026 and intends to become an independently publicly traded company via IPO. G2 LaserWeeder (early last year / 2025) described as more modular, with multiple sizes. Autonomous tractor product / kit converts an existing tractor to a fully autonomous system; the company says it may raise additional capital to expand that product line. Available in about 20 countries; most traction in the United States, then Western Europe, and Australia. Article also notes an as-yet-unannounced machine in the ag robotics field — no specs invented.
Product news · Aug 27, 2026
Large plant model replaces crop-specific models; iPad crop/weed tagging; iMerit pretraining labels; CTO Alex Sergeev quoted. 150 million labeled plants.
Podcasts
Podcast · Oct 1, 2026
Shift AI
Speaker Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics; Shift AI with host Boaz Ashkenazy.
Podcast · Sep 28, 2026
Lisa Lavell / L4 podcast
Speaker: Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. Third-party YouTube —.
Podcast · May 28, 2026
Brash Ag
Speaker Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics; Brash Ag Ep 84; Apple Podcasts published 28 May 2026 (56 min). Carbon podcasts page title matches..
Podcast · Feb 20, 2026
AgNet News Hour
Speaker: Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics. 20 Feb 2026. Covers LaserWeeder and the Autonomous Tractor Kit (ATK / Carbon Autotractor)..
Podcast · Jan 7, 2025
The Modern Acre
Paul Mikesell, founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics, on The Modern Acre episode 385, 7 January 2025. Covers Carbon’s $70 million raise and robots-as-a-service.
Podcast · Jul 15, 2024
The Product Market Fit Show
Speaker: Paul Mikesell, founder of Carbon Robotics, with host Pablo Srugo.
Talks
Talk · Oct 27, 2026
The Hustle
Speaker: Paul Mikesell, Founder and CEO, Carbon Robotics. Yahoo Finance published the same video on 27 October 2026 at 19:33 EDT as “He Left Uber to Fix Farming's Billion-Dollar Problem.” Carbon’s news index listed the Hustle item on 23 October 2026. Mikesell walks Noel through a LaserWeeder in Salinas: 10,000 weeds a minute, a Large Plant Model trained on more than 150 million labeled plant images, and 240 lights he says are four times brighter than the sun. Third-party YouTube —. Not the hero (in-field company video already exists).
Talk · Oct 4, 2026
Carbon Robotics
Speakers: Paul Mikesell, Founder and CEO, Carbon Robotics, with Walt Duflock, Western Growers. Carbon Robotics YouTube conversation at World Ag Expo 2026, Tulare (intro names both speakers and the show). Supporting WGA write-up 15 Apr 2026 (Walt Duflock): Tulare 2026 discussion; Carbon Robotics sales of over $100 million in 2025 discussed there — no other figures invented. OEM channel — eligible for embed.
Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder is a laser weeding implement. The current lead product is LaserWeeder G2. It is sold as AI-powered weed control without herbicides or mechanical cultivation. Company claims: cut costs by up to 80% versus traditional weed control; yield/quality increase 5–50% “validated by farmers and third-party trials”; payback 1–3 years on a machine lasting 7–10 years; 200+ growers worldwide; 15 countries. Carbon AI is a Large Plant Model (LPM) trained on agricultural images collected by LaserWeeders, with 150 million labeled plants, 15 countries, and 100+ crops, so growers can “start weeding any field or crop in minutes.”
Introduced February 2022 as a commercial laserweeder implement, “owned and operated by more than 100 growers across North America, Europe, and Australia.” Published commercial-implement specs:
A March 2021 first autonomous LaserWeeder was field-demo only, not for sale (8 weeding modules; 8 × 150 W CO₂ lasers; 12 cameras; 74-hp Cummins diesel).
Some commercial-implement copy still lists “100+ AI deep-learning crop models.” Carbon also describes a single large plant model that replaced crop-specific models.
Carbon “replaced its collection of crop-specific AI vision models with a single ‘large plant model’ that understands plant structure across regions and species.” The model is pre-trained on millions of images of baby plants collected worldwide, then personalized in the field. Using an iPad app, growers review thumbnails from their own fields and tag a small number as “crop” or “weed.” Those examples adjust the foundation model immediately — “without rolling new models or downloading new software.” The same global model can move from a carrot field in Arizona to lettuce or herbs with “only minutes of configuration.” Carbon AI is “trained on 150 million labeled plants.” CTO Alex Sergeev is quoted on instantaneous comparison to the grower’s crop/weed examples rather than a crop-vs-weed confidence score.
Carbon partnered with data-annotation company iMerit for the pretraining set. Sergeev: the team labeled about 2,000 images itself; iMerit “did a million images at this point.” They built a Carbon-specific labeling tool and gave it to iMerit (partnership from 2020).
Carbon ATK is an autonomy kit for John Deere 6R/8R/8RX/8RT 2019+.
Danish organic grower Axel Månsson has used an AgXeed T2 7-SERIES with a Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder since April. The robot communicates directly with the LaserWeeder and automatically adjusts travel speed based on weed density.
Toni Pick of Carbon Robotics is on the 1 December 2026 Bio-Fachforum programme in Visselhövede, 09:30 session C1, for a talk on a full season with the LaserWeeder G2.
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