The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home

Gig workers, including a medical student in Nigeria, are training humanoid robots by recording themselves performing various physical tasks and movements from home.

These remote workers use simple equipment like ring lights and head-mounted iPhones to capture video data that teaches AI systems how to replicate human actions and behaviors.

This represents a new form of distributed, low-cost labor being leveraged by robotics companies to develop more capable humanoid robots.