Record 10 short videos of actions with everyday objects

REQUESTER  : 20BN
 
QUALIFICATION REQUIRED  : NONE 

REWARD : 1 $

DURATION : 2HR











 TWENTY BN 
want to teach a robot to understand the world and the objects that surround us.

Please help us by recording 10 short videos (1 to 5 seconds) that we can show to the robot so that it can learn how the world works!

Instructions

We want to teach a robot to understand the world and the objects that surround us: the way they move, the way they behave and the way they respond to actions.
Currently, the robot has no clue whatsoever about the world: that things fall downwards not upwards, that materials can be soft or hard, that an object that moves behind another object becomes temporarily invisible (but that it does not disappear entirely), etc.

Pick any 10 descriptions from the list.

• You may choose freely from the list depending on where you will record your videos and what kind of objects you have available.
• Please be as diverse as possible and try to pick many different descriptions.
• It is also okay to pick the same description a few times, but then you must make sure to have sufficient variation in terms of using different locations, various objects and altering the camera position.
• Please note, that we might reject your HIT if we feel that your videos do not show sufficient variation
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• Record videos.
• To record videos, use your mobile phone, webcam or other digital camera.
• Each video must be uniquely recorded. Downloaded and/or edited videos are not allowed.
• Make sure, that each video matches the selected description.
• The videos must be in landscape format and between 1 and 5 seconds long.
• Make sure, that the lighting conditions are good and that the action is clearly visible and takes place in the center of the camera view.
• Please avoid revealing any personal information like names, credit cards numbers, medical records, letters, etc.
• As stated above, if you record multiple videos for the same description (which is okay to a certain extent), you must make sure to have sufficient variation in terms using different locations, various objects and altering the camera position.

Step 3

Upload videos and complete descriptions.

• For each video, you must complete the descriptions by entering which objects you were using.
• Please enter English words in lower case so that the description becomes a readable sentence.
• When filling in the blanks, please try to use generic words for the objects and avoid brand names. For example, use "bottle" instead of "7UP-bottle", and simply "jar" instead of "Nutella jar".
• The accepted video formats are currently: 3gp, avi, 4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpeg4, webm, and wmv.
• In rare cases, a video might be rejected by the server due to incompatible encoding. If you encounter this, please email a sample video to amt-support@twentybn.com .

Step 4

Review and submit.

• Please review the videos and ensure that they can be replayed and that the descriptions are correct.
• Finally, click on the Submit Hit button!
• Please note, that your work will be manually reviewed by us. Depending on the current submission rate it may take some time until you receive your reward.

Some additional hints

• Your camera will probably record sound as you film, which is OK. We may use the sound later, so that the robot won't be deaf. But try to not speak and try to avoid any noise-sources that are not related to the things you are showing.
• If you are on your own (no other person involved), two ways to record good videos are:
  • You hold your camera in one hand and do something with your other hand. A good way to make videos in this case will be to: get ready for your action, push the trigger with your hand holding the camera (yes this may be a little tricky), perform the action, push the trigger to stop the recording.
  • You use a webcam (such as the one built into a laptop) to film yourself demonstrating stuff: push the trigger to start recording, do your demonstration, push the trigger to stop recording. As we may remove the first and the last second of your recording (as described in the next point), the part where you push the trigger will usually not be part of the ultimate video seen by the robot.
• Try to use the first and the last second of your movie as a "buffer": start your action after one second, and keep filming for one more second after what you wanted to show is over. We may need to cut out a second at the beginning and the end of your movie for technical reasons, and it would be too bad if something really really important happened during those seconds!
• The camera will shake a little as you record, which is okay. But try to avoid all too much shaking and jittering if you can. You may, on the other hand, use slow, consistent motion (such as tilting or zooming).
• Your hands may be visible when you show actions from the "ego”-perspective (rather than having someone else perform the actions for you, which is good, too). Showing your hands is okay. (After all, we wouldn't want to be pretending to the robot that objects can magically move around by themselves, would we).

To get started, please accept the HIT.

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