Remote Household Data Specialist - Video Capture (Japan)
Job Description
Job Title: Household Data Specialist - Video Capture (JP)
Job Type: Contractor
Location: Remote, Japan-based.
Job Summary
Help train the next generation of personal robotics. You'll capture high-quality video demonstrations of everyday household tasks using a UMI gripper, a wearable device that mimics a robot's hand while letting you perform tasks naturally. Your demonstrations become training data that teaches robots how to operate in real homes.
Key Responsibilities
Capture and submit high-quality, specification-compliant video demonstrations of everyday household tasks using a UMI gripper wearable device.
Follow detailed, task-specific instructions to ensure all recordings meet rigorous project standards.
Review feedback from assigned reviewers and iteratively refine your approach to improve data quality.
Operate and set up recording equipment and the UMI gripper to accurately mimic real-world hand movements while performing tasks.
Communicate proactively and clearly with the customer’s project team, both in writing and verbally.
Maintain a consistent weekly workflow to meet the minimum approved data requirements.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Keen attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow complex specifications precisely.
Manual dexterity and experience with physical task precision in varied household environments.
Comfort with operating, wearing, and setting up specialized devices and recording equipment.
Capacity to incorporate feedback and make iterative improvements to processes and outputs.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including openness to prompt feedback exchanges.
Reliable access to a fully equipped Philippine household environment (kitchen, living spaces, and common items).
Ability to upload large video files via stable, high-speed internet from your home environment.
This role involves prolonged use of a VR headset; candidates should be comfortable with extended wear as part of their regular work environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Genuine curiosity about personal robotics, AI, and emerging technology in home environments.
Prior experience participating in data collection, usability studies, or similar hands-on projects.
Patience for repetitive, precision-oriented work and willingness to adapt as project needs evolve.
Compensation structure
This is a Pay-Per-Task (PPT) project. You're paid per hour of approved data that meets the project specifications, with an initial rate per approved hour during the pilot phase and an improved rate and per approved hour after calibration, once quality benchmarks are consistently met.
As a planning benchmark, expect roughly 2 hours of review work per 1 hour of approved data early on, an effective rate of a fixed hourly rate at the pilot stage. That ratio typically improves with familiarity, and the post-calibration rate compounds the upside.
Start Timeline & Availability
We typically fill roles within 48 hours, so we're looking for teammates who are ready to jump in. If selected, we'd love for you to start your first task as soon as you move forward with your application. The expectation is to begin completing tasks within ~24 hours of completing onboarding.
Equipment Requirements
This project involves performing household tasks while wearing a VR headset and a pair of wearable hand-tracking gloves that capture your hand movements and the visual demonstration. All equipment will be shipped to you at no cost, with full setup and usage instructions provided during onboarding. Please ensure your home environment meets the space, lighting, and connectivity requirements covered during onboarding.
About Micro1
Micro1 is building the essential infrastructure for the next generation of artificial intelligence, moving beyond the limitations of static datasets to create a dynamic ecosystem where models truly learn to think and act. At its core, the company understands that the path to frontier intelligence isn't paved with synthetic data alone; it requires the nuance, judgment, and contextual awareness that only expert human guidance can provide. By positioning itself at the intersection of human expertise and advanced reinforcement learning, Micro1 is tackling the hardest problem in AI today: teaching models not just to answer questions, but to reason through complexity and take meaningful actions in unpredictable, real-world environments.
This mission comes to life through Realm, Micro1's flagship training environment. Realm functions as a high-fidelity simulation ground where AI agents are immersed in scenarios that closely mirror the messiness of actual human workflows. Rather than relying on abstract benchmarks, Realm forces models to engage in agentic actions, multi-step decisions, digital navigation, coding, and problem-solving that require genuine comprehension. It is within these realistic sandboxes that world-class human data is generated, creating a continuous feedback loop where expert annotators observe, correct, and guide model behavior. This process does more than just fine-tune outputs; it fundamentally elevates a model's underlying reasoning architecture, ensuring that the intelligence developed in training holds up when deployed into the wild.
But training is only half the equation. Micro1 recognizes that the true test of an AI system lies in its production performance, which is where Cortex enters the picture. Cortex is a contextual evaluation platform designed to move beyond superficial accuracy metrics and provide a granular, real-time view of how agents behave in live settings. It doesn't just flag errors; it surfaces the underlying context behind failures, revealing why an agent struggled with a particular user intent or environmental variable. This insight is invaluable for engineering teams, as it transforms evaluation from a passive checkpoint into an active improvement tool. With Cortex, companies can catch degradation early, understand the nuances of edge cases, and feed those learnings directly back into Realm for retraining, creating a virtuous cycle of continuous advancement.
Ultimately, Micro1 is not merely a data lab or an evaluation tool it is a comprehensive intelligence engine that connects the entire lifecycle of model development. From the expert human feedback that sharpens raw capability, to the realistic RL environments that forge robust agentic behavior, to the contextual oversight that ensures reliability in production, Micro1 provides the integrated foundation that AI labs and enterprises desperately need. As the industry races toward truly autonomous systems, Micro1 stands as the critical bridge between laboratory breakthroughs and dependable, real-world impact, ensuring that frontier models do not just perform well on paper, but deliver genuine value in the complex, dynamic world they are meant to serve.