Sustainable Agriculture: Weed-free Fields with Lasers

Aug. 12, 2024
Cutting-edge laser weeding technology uses an advanced computer vision system and AI deep learning models to help with crop management and promote sustainable agricultural practices while significantly reducing the need for herbicides.

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.

READ MORE: The Vision of Sustainable Agriculture: Laser-Focused on a Weed-Free Farm

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.

Watch Part 2 of this interview series with Paul Mikesell

Sharon Spielman | Technical Editor, Machine Design
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Sharon Spielman | Technical Editor, Machine Design

As Machine Design’s technical editor, Sharon Spielman produces content for the brand’s focus audience—design and multidisciplinary engineers. Her beat includes 3D printing/CAD; mechanical and motion systems, with an emphasis on pneumatics and linear motion; automation; robotics; and CNC machining.

Spielman has more than three decades of experience as a writer and editor for a range of B2B brands, including those that cover machine design; electrical design and manufacturing; interconnection technology; food and beverage manufacturing; process heating and cooling; finishing; and package converting.

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