Kyron Robotics
Laser Weeding, Delivered as a Service
No tractor. No capital purchase. Priced per acre per pass, and proven on your field before you commit.
Starting with laser weeding and precision spraying
Built to expand across specialty-crop operations.
Low wages don't make manual weeding cheap.
Manual weeding is slow and labor-intensive, forcing farms to assemble large crews every time weeds return.
200–300+
Labor hours per acre for dense, herbicide-free specialty-crop weeding.
Prove It in the Field
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Select a Test Area
Kyron and the farm identify a representative section of the field, crop conditions, and current weeding process.
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Run Side by Side
The Kyron system operates alongside the farm's normal process so that the crop is never dependent on an unproven system.
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Measure the Results
The pilot measures operating time, weed removal, crop damage, labor requirements, and cost per acre.
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Expand Into Paid Passes
Once the economics and field performance are demonstrated, Kyron can provide recurring weeding services across additional acreage.
Where the System Is Today
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01
Precision Spraying Module — Built
The spraying module was built first to validate the computer vision and targeting stack in field conditions while laser hardware was in lead time.
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Laser Weeding Module — In Build
Field testing targeted for the end of August 2026.
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Farm-Ready Version — End of September 2026
First version available for farms to run on their own acreage.
Robot-as-a-Service
Farmers already pay a crew to complete each weeding pass. Kyron charges for the same completed operation at a lower cost and without transferring machine ownership or operating risk to the farm.
What Farms Pay Today
Manual labor hours multiplied by hourly labor cost for every acre and every pass.
What Kyron Charges
$100 per acre, per pass. No equipment purchase, no maintenance, no operator to hire.
How Value Is Shared
The farm retains part of the savings. Kyron earns the margin between the service price and deployment cost.
Why Farms Choose Kyron
No $1M Machine
Existing laser weeding systems cost over a million dollars per module and assume the farm already owns a large, specifically configured tractor. Kyron builds its own platform for under $30,000, so the farm buys a completed weeding pass — not a machine.
Works Around the Crop
Mechanical weeding cannot safely treat weeds growing directly against the crop, and stops working once the crop grows taller than the implement. Laser targeting removes weeds at the meristem without touching the crop.
Any Field, Any Stage
Kyron is not limited by farm dimension, terrain, crop size, or growth stage. It runs on fields that large-format equipment cannot enter.
Early Field Traction
250
Organic growers cold-contacted
10
Farms committed to paid trials at $100/acre
20
Additional farms testing toward direct purchase
270+ acres
Represented across the pilot network
Team
Four Carnegie Mellon founders, working together since the first week of freshman year.
Carnegie Mellon University · SCALE Residency (Innovation Works × Robotics Factory) · Delaware C Corp
Jerry Chen
CEO
Ten-plus years in the family farming operation, the world's largest money tree producer.
Avery Hsu
Software
Odometry, embedded systems, and electronics. Previously Amazon Web Services.
Alvin Sung
Perception
Computer vision and targeting.
Joshua Chen
Mechanical
Platform and module design, previously CMU Racing.
Bring Kyron to Your Farm
We are looking for specialty-crop farms interested in testing laser weeding alongside their existing process.
Contact hello@kyron-robotics.com 透過 LINE 與我們聯絡
Operating from Pittsburgh with pilot farms across the Northeast. Expanding to Taiwan and East Asia specialty-crop operations.