Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant robotic centipede could soon crawl out of the lab and into vineyards and blueberry farms in the United States. Inspired by ...

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.

According to the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), soybean and corn farmers would lose almost 50% of their crops to unwanted weeds if there were no herbicides or alternative control methods used ...

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 ...

You've probably heard about large language models, those sophisticated AI systems that power all chatbots today. Get ready for Large Plant Models (LPMs). Developed by Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based ...

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 Kurt Schlosser on Feb 13, 2026 at 10 ...

The weed-zapping lasers from Seattle agriculture-tech startup Carbon Robotics are on the radar of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In an appearance on the Theo Von podcast ...