Data collection fuels AI robot training in India

A worker wears a GoPro camera on her head recording actions through motion capture inside a factory in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13,2026. (AFP)

An Indian housewife wears a smartphone on her head as she records her actions through motion capture while washing dishes at her home in Chennai, India on May 15, 2026. (AFP)

An Indian homemaker wears a smartphone on her head as she records her actions through motion capture while watering plants at her home in Chennai, India on May 15, 2026. (AFP)

Workers wear GoPro cameras on their heads recording actions through motion capture inside a factory in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

Engineers annotate data from cameras recording actions through motion capture at AI data company Objectways' office in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

Developers think feeding first-person footage into specialised AI models, called "egocentric data", such as this person pouring water, will help robots copy humans. (AFP)

A worker wears a GoPro camera on his head recording actions through motion capture while filling water bottles inside a model kitchen in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

A worker records actions through motion capture while folding towels inside a model bathroom in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

A worker stands next to a robot at AI data company Objectways' office in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

A worker dons a GoPro camera on her head recording actions through motion capture while folding towels inside a model bedroom in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

An Indian homemaker wears a smartphone on her head as she records her actions through motion capture while slicing mangoes at her home in Chennai, India on May 15, 2026. (AFP)

A worker (R) wearing a RGB camera on her head recording actions through motion capture while arranging coloured blocks in Tamil Nadu, India on May 13, 2026. (AFP)

Source: AFP

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