Data Collection Center for Embodied AI Robots Introduced in Suqian

The article said a reporter visited the nation’s first data collection center for embodied AI robots in Suqian on September 3 and saw it gathering data for robot training through everyday tasks such as cooking, stocking shelves and scanning. It also reported that the center plans to collect more than 10 million hours of data over two years and recruit 100,000 full-time and 500,000 part-time data collectors.

For developers of robots that operate in homes, stores and factories, a key challenge is securing training data that breaks down tasks such as cooking, stocking shelves and scanning barcodes by angle, force and speed. The center is said to plan to record people’s movements with head-mounted devices and collect more than 10 million hours of data over two years across home, commercial and factory settings, offering a concrete picture of the task conditions for which it aims to gather data at scale.