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Research·Jun 17·all news from June 17, 2026

Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.

AI laboratories are increasingly outsourcing the collection of physical training data for robotics to specialized firms like XDOF. This practice addresses a critical data shortage that currently limits physical AI development compared to the rapid progress seen in large language models.

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