As we face challenges in sustainable agriculture and the need for effective weed management, Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder can identify weeds and crops in real-time to eradicate the weeds with high-powered lasers.
In this first of a two-part series, Machine Design and the CEO of Carbon Robotics, Paul Mikesell, explore the vision behind the company as well as how the machine and its vision system has been field-tested since 2018, making for an innovative and sustainable way to kill weeds without the need for herbicides.
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Mikesell talks about the machine’s sustainability as well as that of the farmers. He also covers the system’s ability to adapt to plants and conditions and the key performance indicators he uses to gauge the machine’s execution.
