Mill Data sends cameras onto real shop floors across Latin America. Welders, machinists, assemblers and mechanics record the job the way they actually do it. You get the footage labeled and ready to train on.
Six shops, thirty-six jobs. Recorded by the people who clock in to do them, on machines with a few years on them.
Injection presses, trim benches and packing lines.
Cut, fit, weld, grind. Sparks included.
Bays, lifts and the underside of real cars.
Setups, offsets and parts measured to the hundredth.
Small parts, steady hands, magnifier on.
Panels in, furniture out.
Need a task that isn't listed? Send it over. Most new tasks can be staffed inside the same shops.
A demo cell is clean, well lit and forgiving. A factory isn't. If your robot is headed to the second one, it should learn there.
Holding a part with one hand while the other drives a tool. Bimanual coordination is in almost every clip.
Torque on a wrench, drag on a grinder, the catch of a thread. Paired force data shows what video alone hides.
A brake job is forty steps. Skip one and the car comes back. Clips keep the whole sequence, start to finish.
Flash that didn't trim, a weld that needs a second pass. We keep the recoveries, because robots need those most.
Glare off sheet metal, coolant mist, gloves, ear protection, a forklift crossing the frame.
Worn fixtures, taped handles and controls from three decades. The equipment a robot will actually meet.
Video on every job. The rest gets bolted on per project and runs on the same clock.
| Ref | Signal | What it records | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-1 | Egocentric video | Head-mounted, hands and tool in frame. | Standard |
| S-2 | Depth | Per-frame distance to parts, fixtures and machine surfaces. | Per project |
| S-3 | Motion & pose | IMU on head and wrists, through every step. | Per project |
| S-4 | Force & tactile | Grip pressure and contact force at fingers and palm. | Per project |
| S-5 | Audio | Spindle pitch, a weld arc, the click of a part seating. | Per project |
Resolution, frame rate and sensor setup are fixed in the project spec.
Four stops between your first call and your first batch.
You send tasks, hours, signals and a label schema. We reply with scope, timeline and price.
We match shops and operators to the spec. Everyone signs consent and trains on the kit.
Operators record their normal work. Each session is reviewed against the spec the same day.
Clips ship in batches as they pass QA, labeled to your schema, in your format.
What you receive for every clip. The file below is an illustrative example, not client data.
Each clip split into named steps with start and end times: tack, root pass, fill, cap.
Keypoints for both hands, tracked through gloves and partial occlusion.
Boxes and tracks for every tool and workpiece, with the moment of contact marked.
Fixtures, machine surfaces and bins labeled for spatial context.
{
"clip_id": "MD-02.02-0412",
"station": "ST-02 Metal fabrication & welding",
"task": "Welding",
"process": "MIG, mild steel, fillet",
"country": "AR",
"duration_s": 2467,
"signals": ["video", "imu", "audio"],
"ppe": ["helmet", "gloves", "apron"],
"steps": [
{ "name": "fit and tack", "t": [0, 318] },
{ "name": "root pass", "t": [318, 1104] },
{ "name": "grind and inspect", "t": [1104, 1560] }
],
"labels": ["steps", "hand_pose", "tools"],
"faces_blurred": true,
"qa_status": "passed"
}
These are people's workplaces. We act like guests.
Operators wear what the task requires. If it isn't safe, it isn't filmed.
Every contributor signs before recording and is paid for the hours they deliver.
Bystanders, screens, drawings and part numbers are masked before delivery.
We record only where the owner has approved it in writing.
Thirty minutes with the person who will run your project. Bring a spec or a rough idea and we'll work out the jobs, hours and signals.
Working tradespeople: welders, machinists, press operators, assemblers and mechanics. They record jobs they already do, with our kit, after training and signing consent.
Yes. The catalog is where we start. Send the task and we will tell you how fast we can staff it.
Every session is reviewed against the spec: framing, hands in view, task completed, signals in sync. Clips that fail are recorded again, not delivered.
Most clients start with a pilot on one or two tasks, to test the data in their pipeline before committing to volume.
Rights and exclusivity are set in each contract. Data collected for your project can be delivered for your exclusive use.
Step segmentation, hand pose, tool and part tracking and scene structure are the most common. We follow your schema and output format.
Mill Data is a product of Vintti, a staffing company that has placed Latin American talent with US and Canadian companies since 2022. We know how to find people who are good at a trade and keep them showing up. Mill Data is the same muscle, pointed at physical AI: skilled hands, real shops, cameras rolling.