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Own your part of the future of labor automation with TRACE

Humanoid robots need human data. TRACE miners provide it and own the value.

General purpose humanoid robots are entering mass production. Goldman Sachs projects a $38 billion market by 2035. Citi expects over a billion robots deployed by that date. Companies like Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, and Apptronik are shipping robots into factories and warehouses today, with production scaling to tens of thousands of units per year.

These robots need training data. Vast quantities of real-world human activity data that simulation and controlled lab work cannot provide. How people actually move, work, and cooperate in unstructured environments. Nations and corporations are investing billions to solve this problem. MIT Technology Review named human-sourced robot training data a 2026 breakthrough technology.

TRACE enables ordinary people to collect this high-value data during regular daily activities and to own an ongoing share of its commercial value through TRACE. No special skills required. The data belongs to the people who generate it.

Read more in the links below.



Humanoid robots and the training data race

Gig workers training humanoid robots
The Gig Workers Training Humanoid Robots at Home

Apr 1, 2026

Workers in 50+ countries film daily tasks to generate training data for humanoid robots. Named a 2026 breakthrough technology by MIT Technology Review.

Chinese robot training centers
In Chinese Data Factories, Workers Teach Robots Boring Tasks

Jan 7, 2026

Over 40 state-funded training centers in China, with $80M in humanoid robot sales to data collection facilities. Nations are racing to solve the training data problem.

Boston Dynamics Atlas production robot
Boston Dynamics Unveils Production-Ready Atlas at CES 2026

Jan 5, 2026

Atlas enters production with Hyundai planning a 30,000 unit/year factory. All 2026 units committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind.

Citi Global Insights robot projections
AI Robots May Outnumber Workers in a Few Decades: Citi

Feb 23, 2026

Citi projects 1.3 billion robots by 2035, over 4 billion by 2050. A $15,000 humanoid achieves payback vs. a $41/hour worker in under 4 weeks.

TRACE MMT carrier board
TRACE LMT sensor node

FAQ

These are the AI models that give humanoid robots their intelligence. Also known as Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, they enable robots to understand and respond to human actions and language while pursuing the goals they are tasked with. The missing ingredient is training data: vast quantities of real-world human activity data, analogous to the text data that enabled the Large Language Model (LLM) breakthroughs now reshaping knowledge work.

Trace mining partners gather data from real-world task interactions during their regular daily activities.  This data is then verified, labeled, and processed to create high value training data for robotic AI servitors.

The best way to get involved now is to become a mining partner and collect training data during your normal everyday activities. No special skills or extra work required. TRACE wearable sensors collect data automatically during your regular activities and tasks. Join our community channels to stay current and position yourself for early access.

Early adopters earn at up to 64x the standard rate, so early involvement matters.

By becoming a mining partner, you can contribute to the data WELL and own an ongoing share of commercial licensing revenues from the TRACE training dataset.

Based on current market projections, each data-hour of quality training data could result in an annual dividend from an estimated $23 to $170*. Early adopters will be compensated at up to 64x the regular rate in the early stages of data collection, earning 64x hours of revenue share.  

As an example, a person collecting 100 hours of training data could earn an annual dividend of $2300* to $17,000*, depending on the adoption and success of general purpose robotics. As an early contributor, earnings could be as much as 32x higher or more, up to 64x for the first public contributors - potentially resulting in annual returns of up to $1472 - $10880* per hour spent collecting training data.

*all figures are speculative and depend upon successful licensing of the WELL dataset to commercial users.

A market brief explaining the basis of our segment projections is available for review in the market projections.

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