Indian Workers Film Robot-Training Data for $2.40 an Hour as Humanoid Market Eyes $38 Billion
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Updated · Bitcoin.com News · Jun 16
Indian Workers Film Robot-Training Data for $2.40 an Hour as Humanoid Market Eyes $38 Billion
3 articles · Updated · Bitcoin.com News · Jun 16
Summary
250 rupees an hour — about $2.40 — is what Indian workers are paid to record first-person videos of chores like slicing mangos, tying shoes and making coffee for AI training datasets.
Objectways and Humyn Lab convert that head-mounted smartphone footage into labeled "egocentric" data that teaches robots and assistants how hands move, what people intend and how tasks unfold in real settings.
Goldman Sachs estimates the humanoid-robot market could reach $38 billion by 2035, making cheap, diverse real-world behavior data increasingly valuable to robotics teams, including U.S. tech clients.
Privacy and pay-equity concerns shadow the work because filming often happens in homes and factory floors, while workers question data retention, licensing and whether one-time wages fairly reflect future commercial use.