# LaserWeeder: robot model

Canonical ID: `d27ad218-73e1-4ded-a4cd-5141c0bf4a91`

- **Slug:** carbon-laserweeder
- **Form factor:** agriculture
- **Maturity stage:** commercial
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 0

## Specs

- **notes:** [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
- **products:** LaserWeeder / LaserWeeder G2: high-power-laser + computer-vision weeding implement (towed behind a tractor). Carbon AutoTractor (ATK): retrofit autonomy kit for John Deere 6R/8R tractors (remote-supervised).
- **formFactor:** agriculture (computer-vision laser-weeding implement, tractor-towed; + separate AutoTractor autonomy kit)

## Deployments

_No deployments registered for this model._

## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is LaserWeeder?

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.

### Who makes LaserWeeder?

LaserWeeder is made by Carbon Robotics, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, founded in 2018.

### Where is LaserWeeder deployed?

No verified deployments of LaserWeeder are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

### What is LaserWeeder's maturity stage?

LaserWeeder is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.


## Sources (6)

1. https://carbonrobotics.com/laserweeder
2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250210556114/en/
3. https://www.therobotreport.com/carbon-robotics-introduces-new-carbon-autotractor-autonomy-kit/
4. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241021330997/en/
5. https://www.therobotreport.com/carbon-robotics-brings-in-70m-to-scale-laserweeder/
6. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/carbon-robotics-raises-20m-as-laserweeder-maker-plans-secretive-new-ai-robot-for-farms/

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