4 September 2026
Robotics startups scramble to collect training data for robots
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- Robot training needs vastly more data than currently available. The largest public robotics dataset has only 3,500 hours of task recordings, far below what language models require.
- Multiple startups are testing different collection methods. Approaches include recording videos, having humans operate robots directly, and using exoskeletons to capture movement patterns.
