# LaserWeeder at Salinas: deployment

Canonical ID: `21eead88-7a54-47d1-9664-e819a93889c2`

Triangle Farms (Salinas, CA; president and GM Josh Roberts) 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. Triangle Farms grows vegetables in the Salinas Valley, one of the most productive produce regions in the US. The LaserWeeder enables precise autonomous weed removal using directed laser beams, eliminating manual labor and chemical herbicide cost in Salinas Valley specialty crops. Roberts was quoted in the February 2022 Business Wire announcement as an early adopter.

## 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

- **Operator:** Triangle Farms, Salinas, CA (president and GM Josh Roberts)
- **Deployment:** First production batch, February 2022 commercial launch
- **Crops:** Salinas Valley vegetables (specialty crops)
- **Technology:** Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder (30 lasers, AI weed identification)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** carbon-laserweeder-triangle-farms-salinas
- **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:** [Salinas](/locations/salinas-ca.md) (id: `0d03ba47-14bf-47ba-a103-b4ebed318796`)
- **Operator:** [Triangle Farms](/companies/triangle-farms.md) (id: `33ca14d9-7739-4632-bad1-8ea3d99c6745`)
- **First seen:** 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Carbon Robotics Unveils New LaserWeeder with 30 Lasers (Triangle Farms, Salinas named; Josh Roberts quoted)** · 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 Salinas?

LaserWeeder, built by Carbon Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Salinas on the DEPLOY registry. Triangle Farms operates the deployment.

### Who operates LaserWeeder at Salinas?

Triangle Farms operates this deployment as a customer of Carbon Robotics, the manufacturer of LaserWeeder.

### When did the LaserWeeder deployment at Salinas go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the LaserWeeder deployment at Salinas?

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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