Earlier this year, on a farm in southern New Mexico, a new kind of worker spent each day traveling slowly up and down the rows and rows of crops. On board, its 12 high-res cameras pointed at the ...

Rutgers University scientists are testing laser-powered machines that kill weeds without chemicals. Early results show the AI ...

The benefits are clear, Besançon added. The laser weeder eliminates the need for herbicides, reducing chemical exposure for ...

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An autonomous laser-powered weeder is attracting big green from investors. Carbon Robotics recently announced it secured $27 million in Series B financing to help in its quest to eliminate weeds ...

According to the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), soybean and corn farmers would lose almost 50% of their crops to unwanted weeds if there were no herbicides or alternative control methods used ...

Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based AI-powered robotics company, has developed the most efficient way to rid massive farming fields of weeds. The LaserWeeder, a chemical-free, no-till weed control ...

"It'll blow your mind," founder and CEO Paul Mikesell said of a carbon Robotics machine that relies on the same AI system ...

Hours of hoeing, row after row – that is the reality of weed control in organic vegetable farming. The young plants compete for light, water and nutrients, and without herbicides, the only option is ...

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Is a laser beam the future of farming? A raised rectangular vehicle, slightly smaller than a compact sedan, rolls across farmland and shoots concentrated bursts of infrared light into the rows.

A robot the size and shape of a square kitchen table wheels over a row of seedlings. It scans the ground with camera "eyes," then stops. A small probe lowers from the middle of the robot, homes in on ...