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SOil NUTRiTiON

Carbon Robotics Launches the World’s

First-Ever large Plant Model

Carbon Robotics, a worldwide leader in tor Kit for Existing Tractors), enabling
agriculture AI and robotics, announced smarter and more precise weed control
a major breakthrough for global agri- and dependable tractor autonomy for
culture with the launch of the world’s farmers.
first Large Plant Model (LPM) - the most Plant Profiles, a new feature launching
advanced AI model for plant detection for all LaserWeeders, demonstrates how
and identification. Trained on the largest, this AI translates into practical value for
most diverse, and fastest growing agri- farmers. The feature enables farmers to
cultural dataset ever built with 150 million quickly and easily tailor the foundational
labeled plants, the LPM enables farmers worldwide. LPM to their unique crops, weeds, and
to start laser weeding any field or crop in “When our robots can understand any field conditions. To make real-time per-
minutes. New capabilities make it simple plant in any field immediately and adapt formance changes, the operator can se-
and fast to personalize the LPM for each behavior in real-time, farmers immedi- lect just two to three images in the iPad
farmer’s unique field and crop conditions ately get maximum value from the ma- Operator App to add to their Plant Profile
and update model behavior in real-time. chines,” said Paul Mikesell, Founder and and the system immediately adapts, op-
With this latest development, it’s never CEO of Carbon Robotics. “The Large timizing LaserWeeder behavior for their
been easier for farmers to bring cut- Plant Model provides farmers with the unique fields. Unlike other AI-based sys-
ting-edge AI to their fields and farming most advanced AI technology to max- tems that require substantial farmer input
operations. imize the weeding quality of Laser- and take weeks or months to create new
Weeder in their unique environments." models, Plant Profiles enables the model
Trained on diverse crops, weeds, soil
types, climates, and growth stages world- The LPM serves as the foundation for to adapt in minutes.
wide, the LPM creates an unprecedented Carbon AI, the decision-making brain “We use plant profiles in our Vidalia
foundation for plant recognition and operating across all of Carbon Robotics Onion seed beds, transplants, and direct
decision making. As Carbon Robotics’ products. Carbon AI processes this vast seeded onions,” said David Faircloth,
global LaserWeeder™ fleet operates amount of plant and field data to make Farm Manager at Bland Farms. “This has
in fields daily, the system continuously real-time decisions, like identifying and been a game changer for us and the sim-
ingests real-world data in a compound- eliminating plants, navigating field con- ple, user-friendly platform allows our op-
ing data flywheel effect, strengthening ditions and adapting to crop variations. erators to maximize LaserWeeder per-
the model exponentially and improving Today, Carbon AI powers all LaserWeed- formance in real-time in the field.”
the performance for all LaserWeeders ers and Carbon ATK (Autonomous Trac- Circle 27 on enquiry card

increasing climate stress in agriculture:

Hechenbichler expands product range

AMALGEROL Sun, AMALGEROL Seed of Research and Development, explains:
and AMALGEROL Starter Carbo provide “Through the so-called priming with
answers to current challenges in agricul- AMALGEROL, plants can prepare them-
ture. selves for potential stressors and react
With AMALGEROL Sun, AMALGEROL better in critical situations. We enhance
Seed, and AMALGEROL Starter Carbo, this positive effect with our new products
the Tyrolean company Hechenbichler by addressing individual environmental structure is stabilized, and water and
stimuli even more precisely in the formu-
is specifically addressing the increasing lation. AMALGEROL Sun protects against nutrient availability is improved. This
burdens on agriculture caused by cli- UV rays and supports photosynthesis. counteracts soil erosion, supports the
mate change and further developing the AMALGEROL Seed promotes uniform effectiveness of plant protection prod-
established biostimulant AMALGEROL. germination and stable plant develop- ucts, and promotes sustainable farming
This proven, high-quality product from ment in the early growth phase. AMAL- practices. AMALGEROL thus unfolds its
Austria is currently used in over 40 coun- GEROL Starter Carbo strengthens the effects not only in the short term, but also
tries worldwide and has been effectively plant and revitalizes the soil in the long contributes to reliable yields in the long
supporting farmers and plants for many term by combining the proven AMAL- term – even in the face of increasingly
years in coping with abiotic stress such GEROL mode of action with biochar and challenging environmental conditions.”
as drought, heat, cold, or rain. The new plant nutrients.” With the targeted further developments
variants are based on years of experi- “AMALGEROL is not a fertilizer, but a of the AMALGEROL product family,
ence using AMALGEROL in the field and natural product that works systemically Hechenbichler underlines its develop-
the specific new requirements of agricul- – on plants, soil, and the environment,” ment focus in the field of biostimulants
ture. explains Fluch. “By activating biological and makes new contributions to the re-
Regarding the mode of action of AMAL- processes in the soil, the soil biome is silient agriculture of the future.
GEROL products, Dr. Silvia Fluch, Head strengthened in the long term, the soil Circle 28 on enquiry card
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