Robot training data in Argentina

1 companies with workers here, 3 datasets collected here and 2 sourced events.

Work types

Minimum wage

• $297 a month, about $1.71 an hour (ILOSTAT, 2024)

Companies with workers here

Datasets collected here

• Micro1 at-home egocentric chore recording technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
• Micro1 egocentric chore video tens of thousands of hours technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
• Micro1 chore footage tens of thousands of hours technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet

Events

• 2026-04-01 MIT Technology Review: gig workers film chores for humanoid training
  Contractors mount phones on their heads to record housework for robot training. technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-11-02 Micro1 pays people in Brazil, Argentina, India and US to wear recording glasses
  Smart-glasses capture of daily actions for humanoid training. latimes.com ↗ Major outlet

On-the-ground evidence

• Micro1Micro1 has hired thousands of contract workers in more than 50 countries, including India, Nigeria, and Argentinatechnologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
• Unnamed Argentine company paying for chore videos (Indonesia worker)paid by three companies from Argentina, India and the USabc.net.au ↗ Major outlet

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method