TLDR Tech / AI
China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time
China's low labor costs, government support, and public enthusiasm for robotics development are helping the industry mobilize large populations to work in robotics data collection. Robotics developers globally have ramped up data collection in real households since the beginning of the year. US companies face high labor costs and are outsourcing their data collection to workers in developing countries. Chinese companies are able to collect massive data sets locally, helping them build robots better adapted to domestic environments.
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