LaserWeeder

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: Carbon says LaserWeeders are working on hundreds of farms in 15 countries (13 Feb 2026); Carbon launched the second-generation LaserWeeder G2, in five set-ups for different farm sizes (10 Feb 2025).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. No source we opened gave a price or a unit count. Carbon has also shown the Carbon ATK, a kit to make existing farm machines drive themselves; we did not confirm its date.