I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?

A writer spent a week doing paid household chores while wearing a head-mounted camera to collect egocentric video data for AI and robot training.

The tasks included washing dishes, folding laundry, and taking out trash, with the footage sold through platforms like Kled, Luel, Waffle Video, and DoorDash Tasks.

The experiment showed how companies are paying for human-generated first-person video to teach robots fine motor skills and everyday routines.

It also highlighted a growing gig economy for data collection, where workers earn little while helping build the next wave of humanoid robots and AI models.