Some companies are paying users to record themselves doing household tasks to train humanoid robots

Humanoid robots continue to spread in factories and other industrial environments, until they will soon begin to be introduced into homes as domestic assistants to perform household tasks. This requires much more precise training, which includes knowing how humans perform these types of tasks. For this, there are already companies that They pay to record you while you do these types of tasks like washing the dishes, taking out the trash, or hanging and folding laundry.

Videos help train humanoid robots for household tasks

This has no other purpose than teach humanoid robots to perform these types of tasks. In video form, it would avoid having to rehearse with real robots in homes, and it would allow these devices to be taught how to perform this type of tasks in a general way. When they have enough information, it will surely be necessary to carry out real tests to check its behavior and refine it much more if necessary.

The process to record the video must be very explicit. In the case of folding clothes, it is not enough to show the process in the video, but rather the detailed technique for folding it. To wash the dishes you have to teach how to hold the dishes, how to hold the scouring pad and even how to tilt the detergent bottle to pour it into the scouring pad. It should be a first-person view, placing the camera on the head or chest to record the actions from this angle.

Companies prepare robots to assist at home

Some companies are paying to collect these videos, which they will later use for this training purpose. The goal is to teach robots to perform better with these types of tasks.so that in the future robots can become home assistants. Teaching humanoids remotely with these videos avoids the possible errors and dangers that may arise from having one of these robots at home for the first tests.