# LaserWeeder at Soledad: deployment

Canonical ID: `6f6a00b9-0e4c-4779-aad3-4be97606ff7b`

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.

## Footage

- **video** (deployment): [Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder G2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fOMy7PcSgg). _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.

## 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_

- **Slug:** carbon-laserweeder-braga-ranch-soledad
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [LaserWeeder](/models/carbon-laserweeder.md) (id: `d27ad218-73e1-4ded-a4cd-5141c0bf4a91`)
- **Company:** [Carbon Robotics](/companies/carbon-robotics.md) (id: `5c0e34e2-978c-45d1-ab9c-faf75e217b2e`)
- **Location:** [Soledad](/locations/soledad-california.md) (id: `02aa05c6-72dc-48d5-b5ef-a2acb24ba023`)
- **Operator:** [Braga Fresh Partners](/companies/braga-fresh-partners.md) (id: `c78e64bd-ff9a-409f-8494-19432da1925b`)
- **First seen:** 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

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

## 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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