Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants

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February 2, 2026, 3:00 PM

• •Carbon Robotics' new LPM AI model recognizes plant species instantly.
• •The model is trained on over 150 million data points from robots across 15 countries.
• •Farmers can now specify target weeds in real time through the user interface.
• •The company has raised over $185 million in venture capital.

Carbon Robotics has developed a new AI model, the Large Plant Model (LPM), to enhance its LaserWeeder robots. This model, trained on extensive data, allows the robots to instantly recognize and target new weed species without retraining. The LPM enables farmers to specify which plants to eliminate in real time. This advancement eliminates the 24-hour retraining process required by previous models, improving efficiency.

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