Robotics Expert

What you'll do

The ad says it plainly: "The core of this role is watching video and labeling it accurately." You review recordings of robotic arms carrying out tasks and annotate them against a detailed set of guidelines, tagging actions, events and errors and marking where each action starts and ends.

Your robotics knowledge is used for judgement. For each session you decide whether the robot actually completed the task, and when it did not you label the failure: a missed grasp, a dropped object, a poor path, inaccurate positioning. Where it helps, you explain the likely cause in terms of motion, perception, sensors or integration. Borderline cases go to project managers rather than being guessed at, and if the guidelines keep producing confusion you are expected to suggest improvements. There is also a volume target: assigned annotation completed on time and at the required quality.

This is closer to failure analysis than generic labelling, which is why micro1 is recruiting engineers for it.

Who fits

All listed as preferred:

• A background in robotics, mechanical or electronics engineering, or a related technical field
• Hands-on experience with robotic arms or robotic systems, in industry, research or a lab
• A solid understanding of motion control, grasping, perception and sensors
• The ability to tell correct from faulty robot behaviour just by watching
• Attention to detail and the patience to stay consistent across long sessions of similar footage
• Comfort following written technical guidelines precisely
• Clear written and spoken communication with a remote team
• Previous video annotation or data labelling, a plus but not required

No AI experience is required. Robotics graduate students, lab technicians and integration engineers who have watched a lot of arms fail are the natural fit.

What it pays

$50–90/hour. That is the same band as micro1's other robotic-arm footage roles, which recruit engineers and non-engineers alike: Electronics Engineer, Mechanical Engineer: Video Annotation Specialist, Filmmaker and Photographer. A robotics degree does not appear to buy a higher band, although the ad does not say what sets your rate inside it. Hours and project length are not published.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Flagged high demand, with 250 openings
• Uses real robotics judgement, not just box-drawing
• No AI or annotation experience required
• Remote, with no country restriction on the ad

Less good:

• The same pay as sibling roles open to photographers and filmmakers
• Long, repetitive sessions of similar footage, as the ad itself says
• A volume target alongside the quality bar
• No hours, duration or customer published; contractor terms with no benefits

About this listing

Posted by micro1 on its own jobs portal on 29 September 2026 and read there the next day, when it was marked new and flagged as high demand. The $50–90/hour band, the 250 openings and the qualifications above come from the listing. If you already applied to one of the robotic footage siblings, check whether it is the same project before applying again. See micro1.