Maniformer opens a crowdsourcing platform that pays people to record tasks for robots

Shanghai company Maniformer has opened a crowdsourcing platform that pays ordinary people to record everyday tasks, such as folding clothes or making tea, as training data for robots.

The platform lists 22 categories, over 5,000 task types and more than 50,000 real scenes, and nearly 20,000 users signed up during a closed test from August 15 to September 15.

Maniformer also announced a RMB 100 million subsidy plan and a goal of 1 million daily active users and 1 million robot trainers within two years.