India's Factory Workers Wearing Head-Mounted Cameras to Train Humanoid Robots at $230/Month

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A viral video (893 upvotes, 184 comments on r/singularity) shows Indian factory workers wearing head-mounted cameras collecting first-person egocentric video to train humanoid robot motor skills through imitation learning. MIT Technology Review and multiple outlets confirm companies like Egolab.AI (founded January 2026) employ hundreds of workers at $230–250/month to film repetitive motions — folding towels, stacking boxes — which AI labs in the US use to train Large Behavior Models. Critics note workers may be unknowingly training their own replacements in regions with limited labor protections.