Fully autonomous battery-electric laser weeding robot from Caterra, an ETH Zürich spin-off (Glattbrugg, ZH) — deep-learning vision distinguishes crop, weed and soil, then kills weeds with laser pulses to within ~3 mm of the crop, herbicide-free and organic-certified. In pre-order as of mid-2026 after 2025 field pilots (incl. the smaller 300 kg Grasshopper test fleet of 11 units); direct sales only, no dealer network yet.
Organic and high-value vegetable growers (~10–15+ ha of annual crops) replacing labour-intensive hand weeding with 24/7 in-row laser weeding.
You need a machine that is deliverable off the shelf with an established dealer/service network — this is a young spin-off in pre-order phase.
Cereals, grassland or broadacre crops; farms outside Switzerland until a sales channel exists there; barns.
Farm figures carry across machines; the per-machine rates reset when you open a different listing.
Payback = machine price ÷ (labour + input savings per year). Every figure above is yours to change. FX is indicative.
Each result is a before-to-after figure with a time horizon and a cited source. Independently-verified results are marked separately from vendor-claimed ones.
Quotes route only to dealers we have confirmed carry this machine in the EU.
Specifications cross-checked against manufacturer documentation; listing last verified 2026-07-16.