Co-founders Eric Landau and Ulrik Stig Hansen are adding biological data to Encord's robotics work with an open dataset and a new research division.
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Primary source: [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/encord-releases-emg-1-the-largest-open-dataset-linking-muscle-signals-to-robotic-ai-development-302914344.html)
Why it matters #
Encord is extending its data business into signals that cameras miss, positioning the company to serve robotics teams earlier in the training-data pipeline. The dataset's value will depend on whether outside researchers can reproduce the gains and apply them to real deployments.
Encord co-founder and co-CEO Eric Landau is extending Encord's data business to a part of human movement that cameras miss: the electrical signals in the forearm that drive finger motion. On October 20th, Encord released EMG-1, an open dataset pairing those muscle signals with first-person video and optical motion capture…
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