AI startups pay people to film themselves folding laundry – to train robots
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- Robotics companies are paying people to film themselves doing chores to generate training data for robots.
- Startups like Encord, Micro1, and Scale AI are seeing increased demand for high-quality robotics training data.
- Venture capital investment in robotics has surged to $12.1 billion this year.
- Robots require real-world data for tasks like folding laundry or handling surgical equipment, unlike AI models that use internet data.
- Pay rates for filming tasks range from $25 to $150 per hour, depending on complexity.
- Scale AI has produced over 100,000 hours of training footage in a dedicated lab.
- Companies like Physical Intelligence and Boston Dynamics are key customers for these training data services.
- Finding large, suitable datasets for robotics remains a significant challenge.