How Node Data works

You name a task your robot gets wrong around children. Kids film exactly that in their own homes with the ND GO app, a parent approves every clip a child records, and you pay only for clips that pass published acceptance criteria.

Why kids

Robots are being built for homes, and homes have children in them. But nearly all the video robots learn from was filmed by adults, so a robot has no model of a child: how small they are, how fast and unpredictably they move, how they reach for and hold things, or when one wants to help. Footage that shows this mostly does not exist, and a robotics company cannot film children without a parent’s consent. Node Data gets it filmed by the kids themselves, with a parent approving every clip.

Robots are being built for houses with children in them, and almost none of the video used to train them contains a child. That is what your family films, and why a robotics company pays for it.
From Family page, nodedata.ai

The five steps

  1. You describe the clips. A short title, the instruction a household will follow, the objects that must be in frame, how many clips, from how many distinct homes, and your quality bar. Request custom training data.
  2. You fund the set up front. Clips wanted × $5.00 is held by Node Data and drawn down one accepted clip at a time. See pricing.
  3. We check the task is suitable for children, then it goes on the family chore board. A parent decides which tasks their child may take on.
  4. Families film and every clip is graded automatically against the acceptance criteria. A clip a child films also waits for their parent to approve it.
  5. You download accepted clips from your request's private page, linked in the email you get when it is funded. You can dispute any clip, and the unspent remainder comes back when the set closes. See the buyer terms.
When you fund a custom data request you pay in full for clips that do not exist yet. What follows is exactly what your money buys: the rules a clip must meet to be accepted and charged to you.
From Acceptance criteria

In these docs

  • The families — Who films, how a household joins, and what parents control.
  • Acceptance — What a clip must meet before you are charged for it.
  • Pricing — A flat rate per accepted clip, and where the money goes.
  • Buyer terms — Escrow, disputes, and the licence you receive.
  • Privacy — What is collected from families, what never is, and retention.
  • Terms of service — Minors, parental consent, and acceptable content.