What is the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad?

LaserWeeder, built by Carbon Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Soledad on the DEPLOY registry. Braga Fresh Partners operates the deployment.

Who operates LaserWeeder at Soledad?

Braga Fresh Partners operates this deployment as a customer of Carbon Robotics, the manufacturer of LaserWeeder.

When did the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting February 7, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Have there been incidents at the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

Deployment

LaserWeeder at Soledad

Name: LaserWeeder at Soledad
Start: 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Soledad

Carbon Robotics (founded 2018, Seattle, Washington; founder and CEO Paul Mikesell) makes the commercial LaserWeeder, which combines computer vision with high-power lasers to kill weeds without chemicals. By its own reporting the product has serviced more than 250,000 acres, eliminated over 15 billion weeds, and runs as 150-plus machines on 100-plus farms across roughly fourteen to fifteen countries; a modular, faster LaserWeeder G2 line launched in February 2025. A load-bearing classification point: the LaserWeeder is a towed, pull-behind implement with no locomotion of its own, pulled through the field by a conventional tractor. 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, launched in April 2025, is the autonomy and mobility layer: a retrofit that adds remote-supervised driverless operation to John Deere 6R and 8R tractors, at an early and limited commercial release. On funding, Carbon's own Series D release puts total funding at $157 million (a $70 million Series D led by BOND in October 2024, after a $30 million Series C led by Sozo in 2023), with an additional roughly $20 million raised in October 2025 for a new undisclosed robot; an aggregator figure of about $276 million is not primary-verified and is not asserted here.

LaserWeeder by Carbon Robotics · Operated by Braga Fresh Partners · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of Carbon Robotics

Carbon Robotics' footage of its LaserWeeder G2 performing AI-vision laser weeding in-field. The LaserWeeder is a tractor-towed implement, not an autonomous vehicle: the tractor provides locomotion while computer vision targets and lasers weeds.

Braga Fresh Partners (Braga Ranch, Soledad, CA; Salinas Valley, Monterey County) was among the first named customers in the commercial launch of the Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder in February 2022, when the first production run of 30-laser machines sold out immediately. Braga Ranch is one of the largest organic produce operations in California, farming across the Salinas and San Joaquin valleys. The LaserWeeder enables precise autonomous weed removal using directed laser beams, eliminating manual labor and chemical herbicide costs in specialty crop operations.

Key facts

Customer cohort: Named in first commercial production run (30-laser LaserWeeder), which sold out at launch in February 2022
Operation type: Organic produce; Salinas Valley specialty crops

Trust tier: Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Last updated: 2026-06-12
Model: LaserWeeder
Company: Carbon Robotics
Location: Soledad
Operator: Braga Fresh Partners
Status: operational
First seen: 2022-02-07
ID: 6f6a00b9-0e4c-4779-aad3-4be97606ff7b

Sources (1)

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220207005189/en/Carbon-Robotics-Unveils-New-LaserWeeder-with-30-Lasers-to-Autonomously-Eradicate-Weeds · 2022-02-07

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Common questions

What is the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad?: LaserWeeder, built by Carbon Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Soledad on the DEPLOY registry. Braga Fresh Partners operates the deployment.
Who operates LaserWeeder at Soledad?: Braga Fresh Partners operates this deployment as a customer of Carbon Robotics, the manufacturer of LaserWeeder.
When did the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad go live?: The deployment is recorded as starting February 7, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the LaserWeeder deployment at Soledad?: No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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