Robotics "Data Oil" Rush: X Square Unveils Data Collection System
CyberRobooo · x · 2026-07-06
The author believes this year marks the dawn of the robotics "data oil" rush, spawning numerous pick-and-shovel tools. X Square Robot, which provides in-home humanoid cleaning services, released the complete UMI/first-person data collection system QUANXTA Zero. Real robots providing on-site services are a powerful data collection method, while disembodied UMI/first-person data pipelines are also gaining popularity. Companies are racing to "distill" the physical world and extract the critical data driving robotic intelligence.
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