Notes on robot training data.
What first-person data is, how to measure it, and how labs combine it with teleoperation.
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What is egocentric data, and why do robots need it?
Egocentric data is video and sensor data recorded from a person’s own point of view, usually a head camera plus wrist cameras. Robot learning uses it because it shows hands doing real tasks from the viewpoint a humanoid will have.
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How to evaluate robot training data: a 12-point checklist
Before buying human or robot training data, ask for twelve measurements: sync error, calibration, keypoint error, label agreement, provenance, consent and formats among them. A good vendor reports each one per delivery.
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Teleoperation vs. human video: which robot training data to buy in 2026
Teleoperation gives data in the robot’s own body but is slow and needs a robot per operator. Human video from wearables is several times faster to collect and scales with real work. Most programs now use both.
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