Robot training data in Brazil
6 companies with workers here, 3 datasets collected here and 3 sourced events. Reported robot-data pay runs $3 to $7 an hour, 2.0× to 4.6× the local minimum wage.
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data collection audio videorobotics dataannotation
Minimum wage
- $262 a month, about $1.51 an hour (ILOSTAT, 2024)
Pay reported
| Work | USD per hour | × min wage | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helix Data Creator (sensor-suit capture), Sao Paulo | $4.72 | 3.1× | 2026 | greenhouse. |
| Egocentric chore video, per approved video hour | $3 to $7 | 3.3× | 2026 | globo. |
Companies with workers here
Datasets collected here
- Appen egocentric robotics video ~60,000 hours/month capacity abc.
net. Major outletau ↗ - Humyn Labs physical-AI corpus 10,000 hours, 20+ countries humynlabs.
ai ↗ Secondary - Claru egocentric set 500K+ videos claru.
ai ↗ Secondary
Events
- 2026-09-27 Brazilians film chores for robot-training platforms
US$3-7 per approved video hour; no terms of use seen by some recorders. globo.com ↗ Secondary - 2026-09-20 Appen collects 60,000 hours of egocentric video a month
Up to 5,000 contributors worldwide record first-person video for robot training. abc.net. Major outletau ↗ - 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
- Appen (video contributors)
including India, Canada, the US, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines
abc.net. Major outletau ↗ - Packing Sports (sports video annotation)
Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines
restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet
Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method