BOISE, Idaho — New Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology offers a new way for crop growers to remove weeds from their fields. Traditionally, the task of weeding began with people pulling it by hand.

Swarms of robotic drones outfitted with solid-state lasers may be tomorrow’s environmentally-friendly weed killers, according to a team of German researchers. While this this may sound at odds with ...

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.

Shooting lasers at foes is the stuff of science fiction, but now, a few farmers are fighting one of their greatest nemeses with a new technology—laser weeders. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder uses artificial intelligence to recognize and zap a wide variety of weeds with powerful laser ...

Powered by Carbon AI, LaserWeeder G2 provides farmers with the world’s most precise weed control in new sizes, configurations and prices SEATTLE & TULARE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon Robotics, the ...

Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH) is presenting its specialized agriculture-focused laser weed management technology at this week’s Agrotechnica expo in Hannover, Germany. Under the marketing slogan ...

Instead of using chemical products, in the future, weeds will be lethally damaged by laser radiation. Partners in the EU project WeLASER are working to create the basis for this vision. The project ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Sep 1, 2021 at 6:00 ...

How can you tell the difference between marijuana and hemp? It’s a tricky problem for police that’s led to wrongful arrests across the country. Now researchers at Texas A&M University say they’ve ...