TechSoutheast Asian workers reportedly get paid to film their jobs for robot training
Tech in Asia reports that workers strap cameras to their heads to create “egocentric,” or first-person, data for robotics labs.
TLDR
Workers across Southeast Asia are being paid to record themselves doing everyday jobs with head-mounted cameras, Tech in Asia reports. The recordings provide first-person data to train robots. The outlet describes the data as cheap and the business as booming, but cites insiders who say the industry faces a reckoning.
Southeast Asian workers reportedly get paid to film their jobs for robot training
Tech in Asia reports that workers strap cameras to their heads to create “egocentric,” or first-person, data for robotics labs.
TLDR
Workers across Southeast Asia are being paid to record themselves doing everyday jobs with head-mounted cameras, Tech in Asia reports. The recordings provide first-person data to train robots. The outlet describes the data as cheap and the business as booming, but cites insiders who say the industry faces a reckoning.
