What the work actually is

You watch video of a robotic arm attempting a task — grasping, placing, opening, pouring, stacking — and you grade what happened against a written rubric. That means scrubbing timelines, marking the frame where a grasp begins or a slip occurs, tagging behaviours (over-correction, collision, premature release, failed re-grasp), and assigning an outcome grade. Every annotation comes with a short written rationale: why this session scored what it scored, in terms the rubric recognises. The rubric will change under you as the project matures, and part of the job is flagging the cases it doesn't cleanly handle.

The reason this listing targets UX/UI designers, video editors, photographers and filmmakers is not aesthetics. It's that these professions train people to read motion, timing and spatial relationships in footage with unusual precision — to notice the half-second hesitation, to identify the exact frame where intent changed, and to describe it in writing without hand-waving. No robotics background is required; no AI experience is required.

What the screen looks for

  • Verifiable craft background. A portfolio, shipped products, edited work, or a body of client projects — something concrete in UX/UI design, web design, video or audio editing, photography, filmmaking, AV production, robotics, or mechanical/electronics engineering.
  • Rubric discipline over taste. Designers are trained to have opinions. This job rewards the opposite: applying someone else's criteria consistently, including when you'd have written them differently.
  • Written rationale quality. Short, specific, timestamped, non-repetitive. Vague notes are the most common reason contributors get cut.
  • Edge-case instinct. Can you tell a rubric gap from your own confusion, and escalate the first while resolving the second yourself?

Logistics

Contractor engagement, fully remote, open to candidates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the UK, and Oceania. Work is asynchronous and volume-based — you claim batches and submit within stated turnaround windows rather than keeping fixed hours. Expect some synchronous overlap for calibration sessions with project trainers early on, and periodic re-calibration when guidelines are revised. Pay is observed in the $50–90/hr range and is not guaranteed; rates depend on batch, tier and consistency scores. A reliable connection and a screen suitable for frame-level video review are practical necessities.