James Johnson has witnessed the wrath of industrial agriculture. For decades, he and his family used fertilizer, herbicide and pesticide to achieve optimal yields on their 3,100-acre farm in New ...

A Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) journal, Weed Science, recently published a research article that proves lasers are ...

We’ve all tangled with unwelcome plant life at one point or another. Whether crabgrass infested your lawn, or you were put on weeding duty in your grandfather’s rose patch, you’ll know they’re a pain ...

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 ...

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.

People examine the work of a robotic weeder during a field day hosted by UC Davis. (Nic Coury / For The Times) The smell of burnt vegetation wafted through a lettuce field here one recent summer ...

US startup Carbon Robotics says it has closed a series B round of venture financing that will be used to scale production of an automated vehicle equipped with lasers to destroy weeds. The Seattle ...

CHUALAR, Calif. – Looking like the ungainly combination of a Transformer and Edward Scissorhands, the robot slowly trundles across the field of tiny plants. It uses three high-resolution cameras to ...