CNC & Machine-Tending Demonstration Data
What is CNC and machine-tending data for robots?
CNC and machine-tending data is first-person video of skilled machinists setting up machines, loading and unloading parts, changing tools and inspecting output - with pose and action labels. It captures the precise, repeatable manipulation robots need for machine tending, which open datasets barely cover.
What nxted captures
Recorded from skilled machinists on real shop floors.
- ›Lathe and mill setup and workholding
- ›Part load / unload and machine tending cycles
- ›Tool changes and offsets
- ›In-process and final quality inspection
- ›Hand pose, 6-DoF trajectories, action and success/failure labels
Why machine-tending data matters
Machine tending is one of the highest-ROI robotics applications, but the demonstrations are scarce: they need credentialed machinists, real fixtures and consequences for error. Diverse, skilled capture is exactly what imitation-learning scaling laws reward and what lab-bound datasets like Open X-Embodiment lack.
How nxted delivers it
Robotics-ready in LeRobot, RLDS and HDF5 with full metadata, a dataset card and a Data Trust Pack. Validate quality with a Physical AI Test Kit first.
FAQ
What is machine-tending training data?
First-person demonstrations of loading, unloading and tending machines (CNC lathes, mills) with action and pose labels, used to train robot tending policies.
Who performs the demonstrations?
Credentialed, skilled machinists, consented and paid above local market rate, with an on-site safety record.
What formats are available?
LeRobot, RLDS and HDF5, plus raw/processed video, metadata, dataset card and QA report.