{"name":"Robot Training Hiring Activity (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)","question":"How many robot training roles are open, who lists them, how fast do they turn over and who can apply?","source":"The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/hiring-activity","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). Robot Training Hiring Activity (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/hiring-activity (accessed 10 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"hiring-activity","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-12","to":"2026-10-09","days":28},"computedAt":"2026-10-10T21:13:49.518Z","summary":"On 9 Oct 2026, 745 robot training roles were open across the job boards of 60 employers. On the employers tracked since 12 Sep 2026, open roles held at 0; Stack AV, Allen Control Systems, Waymo, Serve Robotics, May Mobility, Bot Auto, Nuro, Generalist AI, Gatik, Torc Robotics, Physical Intelligence, Dyna Robotics, RobCo, Neros, Dexterity, TSMG, Motional, Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Wing, Vay, Pronto, Reliable Robotics, Monumental, FS Studio, Cota Robotics, Claru, RoboForce, Perle, Avride, ISEE, Skild AI, Figure AI, Saronic, Havoc AI, Humanoid, 1X Technologies, Mind Robotics, micro1, Sama, Appen, The Global Talent Co., Sereact, Noble Machines, Shield AI, Genesis AI, Tutor Intelligence, Skydio, Zipline, Welo Data, Maven Robotics, Keywords Studios, Sunday Robotics, Rhoda AI, Kodiak AI, Waabi, Wayve, Adexis, Dexmate, Collaborative Robotics, Dexory, Nimble Robotics, Anduril Industries, Skyways, Aurora Innovation and Pyka, first tracked during the window, added 745. 103 roles were newly listed and 109 removed in between.","stats":[{"id":"open-roles","value":"745","label":"open roles on 9 Oct 2026","figure":"open-roles-by-work-type"},{"id":"new-listings","value":"103","label":"new listings in the window","figure":"listings-by-work-type"},{"id":"platforms","value":"60","label":"employers' job boards read daily","figure":"platform-share"},{"id":"median-days-listed","value":"27 days","label":"median time a role stays listed","figure":"days-listed"}],"findings":[{"id":"largest-kind","figure":"open-roles-by-work-type","text":"AV & Drone Operators was the largest kind of robot training work, with 351 of 745 open roles (47.1%) on 9 Oct 2026."},{"id":"platform-concentration","figure":"platform-share","text":"TSMG listed the most roles, 63.6% of all open roles on 9 Oct 2026; the five largest employers together listed 75.8%."},{"id":"listing-flow","figure":"listings-by-work-type","text":"From 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, 103 roles were newly listed and 109 removed, a net fall of 6."},{"id":"days-listed","figure":"days-listed","text":"Roles removed during the window had been listed for a median of 27.2 days, from 15.3 days for Robot Fleet Operations to 29.3 for Robot Teleoperation."},{"id":"open-worldwide","figure":"roles-by-country","text":"0.8% of open roles accept applicants from any country; residents of United States (366), Canada (43) and Germany (40) could apply to the most."}],"figures":[{"id":"open-roles-by-work-type","title":"Open roles by kind of work","question":"What kinds of robot training work are employers hiring for, and which are growing?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"end","label":"Open on 9 Oct 2026","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share","unit":"percent"},{"key":"start","label":"Open on 12 Sep 2026","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"change","label":"Change","unit":"percent","signed":true,"secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","end":351,"share":47.1,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","end":125,"share":16.8,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","end":99,"share":13.3,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","end":86,"share":11.5,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","end":63,"share":8.5,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","end":11,"share":1.5,"start":0,"change":null}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","end":10,"share":1.3,"start":0,"change":null}}],"sample":"745 roles open at the end of 9 Oct 2026 and 0 at the start of 12 Sep 2026, across the 60 employers whose public job boards RobotTraining.jobs reads daily.","notes":["A role counts as open on a day if it was listed by then and was still in its employer's feed that day.","Change compares the same employers at both ends. Stack AV, Allen Control Systems, Waymo, Serve Robotics, May Mobility, Bot Auto, Nuro, Generalist AI, Gatik, Torc Robotics, Physical Intelligence, Dyna Robotics, RobCo, Neros, Dexterity, TSMG, Motional, Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Wing, Vay, Pronto, Reliable Robotics, Monumental, FS Studio, Cota Robotics, Claru, RoboForce, Perle, Avride, ISEE, Skild AI, Figure AI, Saronic, Havoc AI, Humanoid, 1X Technologies, Mind Robotics, micro1, Sama, Appen, The Global Talent Co., Sereact, Noble Machines, Shield AI, Genesis AI, Tutor Intelligence, Skydio, Zipline, Welo Data, Maven Robotics, Keywords Studios, Sunday Robotics, Rhoda AI, Kodiak AI, Waabi, Wayve, Adexis, Dexmate, Collaborative Robotics, Dexory, Nimble Robotics, Anduril Industries, Skyways, Aurora Innovation and Pyka were first tracked during the window and are counted in the end total (745 roles) but not in the change.","Change is marked as a small sample where fewer than 30 roles were open at the start."]},{"id":"listings-by-work-type","title":"New and removed listings by kind of work","question":"Where is new hiring happening, and where are roles being taken down?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"removed","label":"Removed","unit":"count"},{"key":"net","label":"Net change","unit":"count","signed":true,"secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","new":41,"removed":25,"net":16}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","new":38,"removed":35,"net":3}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","new":9,"removed":3,"net":6}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","new":6,"removed":33,"net":-27}},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","new":5,"removed":2,"net":3}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","new":3,"removed":8,"net":-5}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","new":1,"removed":3,"net":-2}}],"sample":"103 roles newly listed and 109 removed, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, across the 60 employers whose public job boards RobotTraining.jobs reads daily.","notes":["New listing: a role first seen in the window on an employer already tracked before that week. An employer's first week in this dataset is its back catalogue, not new hiring, and is left out.","Removed: a role that left its employer's feed during the window. Employers do not say whether a removed role was filled, paused or closed.","Net change can differ from the change in open roles: a role newly listed and removed inside the window counts in both columns."]},{"id":"platform-share","title":"Share of open roles by employer","question":"Which employers list the most robot training roles?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Employer","unit":"text"},{"key":"end","label":"Open on 9 Oct 2026","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of open roles","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"change","label":"Change in window","unit":"count","signed":true,"secondary":true},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"tsmg","href":"/platforms/tsmg","cells":{"group":"TSMG","end":474,"share":63.6,"change":"Added in window","new":9}},{"key":"avride","href":"/platforms/avride","cells":{"group":"Avride","end":43,"share":5.8,"change":"Added in window","new":28}},{"key":"micro1","href":"/platforms/micro1","cells":{"group":"micro1","end":20,"share":2.7,"change":"Added in window","new":12}},{"key":"claru","href":"/platforms/claru","cells":{"group":"Claru","end":16,"share":2.1,"change":"Added in window","new":0}},{"key":"gatik","href":"/platforms/gatik","cells":{"group":"Gatik","end":12,"share":1.6,"change":"Added in window","new":0}},{"key":"serve-robotics","href":"/platforms/serve-robotics","cells":{"group":"Serve Robotics","end":12,"share":1.6,"change":"Added in window","new":3}},{"key":"aurora","href":"/platforms/aurora","cells":{"group":"Aurora Innovation","end":10,"share":1.3,"change":"Added in window","new":6}},{"key":"waymo","href":"/platforms/waymo","cells":{"group":"Waymo","end":9,"share":1.2,"change":"Added in window","new":3}},{"key":"dyna-robotics","href":"/platforms/dyna-robotics","cells":{"group":"Dyna Robotics","end":8,"share":1.1,"change":"Added in 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RobotTraining.jobs reads daily.","notes":["New listings exclude an employer's first week in this dataset (its back catalogue).","Employers that recruit without a public job board are not counted here; their pay and requirements are on their employer pages.","An employer that lists one opening per city or country counts each one: the figure counts listings, not people hired."]},{"id":"days-listed","title":"How long roles stay listed","question":"How long does an robot training role stay open before it comes down?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"median","label":"Median days listed","unit":"decimal","decimals":1,"bar":true},{"key":"n","label":"Removed roles measured","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"all","cells":{"group":"All kinds of work","median":27.2,"n":103}},{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","median":91.4,"n":25}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","median":29.3,"n":33}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","median":27.1,"n":5}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","median":18.1,"n":2}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","median":15.3,"n":35}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","median":7.3,"n":3}}],"sample":"103 roles removed from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 whose listing date is known.","notes":["Days listed: from the listing date the job board states (or the first day the role appeared in the feed) to the last day it was seen.","Medians resting on fewer than 30 removed roles are marked as a small sample."]},{"id":"weekly-listings","title":"New listings per week","question":"Is hiring for robot training work speeding up or slowing down?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"removed","label":"Removed","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","new":9,"removed":14}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","new":21,"removed":32}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","new":30,"removed":31}}],"sample":"Listings on the 60 employers whose public job boards RobotTraining.jobs reads daily, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, by ISO week (Monday to Sunday, UTC).","notes":["Each employer's first week in this dataset is left out of new listings (its back catalogue)."]},{"id":"location-rules","title":"Where applicants may live","question":"How many robot training roles are open to applicants anywhere in the world?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Location rule","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Open roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share","unit":"percent","bar":true}],"rows":[{"key":"global","cells":{"group":"Open worldwide","roles":6,"share":0.8}},{"key":"include","cells":{"group":"Only listed countries","roles":739,"share":99.2}}],"sample":"745 roles open at the end of 9 Oct 2026.","notes":["The rule is read from each posting's location text (and, where a posting is silent, from what the employer states about where it hires)."]},{"id":"roles-by-country","title":"Open roles a resident of each country can apply to","question":"Which countries can apply to the most robot training roles?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Country","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Open roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of all open 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with the most.","notes":["A country's count is the roles open worldwide, plus roles whose list names the country, plus roles whose exclusion list does not.","0 roles state no location rule and are counted for no country.","Only countries that some posting names are listed. A resident of any other country can apply to the worldwide roles in the first row."]}]}