Seattle-based ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has developed the AI-powered Carbon AutoTractor, an autonomous platform designed to address labor shortages and improve productivity in farming, reports Kurt Schlosser of GeekWire. Building on their LaserWeeder—which uses AI and 24 NVIDIA GPUs to eliminate weeds with lasers—the AutoTractor can operate 24/7 without a driver. Compatible with John Deere tractors, it handles various farming tasks and is remotely monitored. With $157 million raised, Carbon Robotics aims to revolutionize agriculture with autonomous technology. Schlosser writes:
Long gone are the days on the farm where getting up at the crack of dawn to run a tractor through fields might have been just the start of a long day’s work. Now, the tractor could very well have been running all night — by itself.
That’s the vision of Seattle agriculture-tech startup Carbon Robotics, whose latest product is called Carbon AutoTractor, an AI-powered, autonomous platform designed to fit on and control existing equipment and serve as an answer to labor shortages and increased productivity in farming.
Carbon Robotics raised $70 million last fall, and has raised $157 million to date. The company employs about 200 people and is ranked No. 13 on the GeekWire 200, our list of top privately held startups based across the Pacific Northwest.
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