Carbon Robotics has launched an AI model that enhances its robots' ability to identify and manage weeds instantly.
Carbon Robotics, based in Seattle, has unveiled an innovative AI model named the Large Plant Model (LPM), designed to enhance weed management capabilities in agriculture, as reported by TechCrunch.
The company, recognized for its LaserWeeder robots that utilize lasers to eliminate weeds, has developed the LPM using a training dataset of over 150 million images sourced from its machines operating on more than 100 farms across 15 countries.
This AI model now acts as the core intelligence behind Carbon AI, the system that drives its autonomous robots.
CEO Paul Mikesell noted that previously, the emergence of new weed species required the team to spend about 24 hours creating new data labels to retrain the robots. With the LPM, these machines can now instantly identify harmful plants, even those they have never encountered before.
Founded in 2018, Carbon Robotics began work on the LPM shortly after rolling out its first machines in 2022. The new AI system will be made available to customers through a software update, allowing farmers to specify which plants to target for destruction and which to preserve by selecting corresponding images.
To date, Carbon Robotics has successfully raised over $185 million in venture capital funding.
In a related development, Figure announced its own AI model, Helix, in February 2025, which aims to enable robots to operate with a human-like thought process.
