Teleoperation (robot data collection)

Teleoperation is when a human drives a robot to perform a task while the robot’s own actions are recorded, producing action-aligned training data on the exact platform you will deploy. It is precise but slow and expensive to scale, so it is often blended with cheaper human egocentric video.

Tools such as ALOHA and the Universal Manipulation Interface (UMI) are used to collect teleoperation and to narrow the gap between human and robot data.