Caterpillar Inc. ranks 3 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 96; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress. Caterpillar Inc. is ahead on deployment, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and Caterpillar Inc. in 34.
Carbon Robotics builds autonomous agricultural systems, including the LaserWeeder and Carbon Autonomy Tractor Kit for autonomous tractor operations and implement integration.
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Carbon Robotics is a US maker of laser weeding systems (LaserWeeder G2, an AutoTractor kit) that crossed $100M in revenue for the fiscal year ending January 2026, serving hundreds of customers in 15 countries from plants in Richland WA and the Netherlands. It launched a Large Plant Model (150M labeled plants) in February 2026, raised $20M in October 2025 (~$177M total), and hired a public-company CFO, an IPO signal. It has about 260 employees.
14 signals name Carbon Robotics.
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Caterpillar develops and deploys autonomous construction and mining equipment for jobsites, factories, and other outdoor worksites, including CivNav-guided machines and physical-AI systems.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
34 signals name Caterpillar Inc..
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Caterpillar Inc. ranks 3 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 96; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress. Caterpillar Inc. is ahead on deployment, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and Caterpillar Inc. in 34.
Caterpillar Inc. ranks 3 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 96; Carbon Robotics ranks 58 with 81. Carbon Robotics is ahead on progress. Caterpillar Inc. is ahead on deployment, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. Carbon Robotics is based in Seattle, United States, Caterpillar Inc. in Irving, United States. Carbon Robotics: private. Carbon Robotics is named in 14 signals and Caterpillar Inc. in 34. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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