• East India
  • Egocentric video
  • Sensor data
  • Field operations

Egocentric data collection for Physical AI AI needs the real world. We capture it.

Egocentric video and sensor data collection for Physical AI — from East India, the region no collector covers yet.

A PencilHB venture Incorporated in India, 2019 Kolkata region

See it in action

Watch sample egocentric captures from the field.

01 Wrapping & boxing the order 4K egocentric · muted loop
02 Taping & sealing the carton 4K egocentric · muted loop

Two first-person clips from one packing and dispatch task, recorded head-mounted in 4K by an Orchis Green field operator in West Bengal. This is the kind of egocentric video and robot training data we collect in logistics hubs, factories, kitchens and workshops across East India.

I. Why East India

Everyone is in Delhi and Bengaluru. We're in the East.

01

Lower cost

Field operations in Eastern India cost less to run than in the crowded metros.

02

Fresh task environments

Sites, layouts and workflows your model has not already seen thousands of times.

03

Zero competition

No major collector works here yet, so sites and operators are not already committed elsewhere.

Site access across West Bengal

  • Howrah & Liluah Factories

    Fabrication, machining and assembly on working shop floors.

  • Dankuni & Rajarhat Logistics hubs

    Warehouses with picking, packing, sorting and dispatch.

  • Bantala & Metiabruz Leather & garment clusters

    Cutting, stitching and finishing done by skilled hands.

  • Kolkata Kitchens, workshops, garages

    Everyday skilled work in small, varied spaces.

Want data from environments no one else has captured? See the 50–100 hour pilot

II. What we do

Field operations for egocentric data, end to end.

  1. I

    Egocentric video collection

    Head- and chest-mounted egocentric data collection of real tasks, recorded to your protocol and camera settings.

  2. II

    Site onboarding & access negotiation

    We find suitable sites, agree access with owners and managers, and handle the paperwork.

  3. III

    Field operator recruitment & management

    We recruit, brief, schedule and supervise the people who wear the cameras.

  4. IV

    Quality control with audit trails

    Frame checks, metadata and secure upload, with the same approval-gate discipline we use in SteelBox.

  5. V

    Hardware deployment support

    On-site setup, operation and support for your robot evaluation runs.

Need these task categories captured for your model? See the 50–100 hour pilot

III. Compliance first

Every frame is captured with consent. Every clip has a paper trail.

Collection is consent-first and approval-gated. Every participant is briefed in their own language before a single frame is recorded, every site is covered by a written agreement, and every clip carries the metadata needed to trace it back to who captured it, where, and under which consent. That is DPDP Act AI training data compliance built into the workflow, not added afterwards.

  • Written informed consent in Bengali, Hindi or English
  • Site agreements with owners/managers
  • Audit trails on every clip (frame checks, metadata, operator ID, secure upload)
  • Approval-gate discipline from SteelBox
  • DPDP Act-aware workflows: collection, storage and access designed with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 in mind
  • Face-blurring on request, before delivery, when your project or a participant needs it
  • Used only for your model training. Footage is never resold.

Need consented data your legal team can sign off? See the 50–100 hour pilot

IV.

The 50–100 hour pilot.

Pick your task categories. We pick the sites, recruit the operators, capture the data and ship audit-ready clips. Built for robotics AI labs in the US, EU and worldwide: East India data, in weeks — not quarters.

The offer: a 50–100 hour pilot in Kolkata / Howrah. Task categories you choose. You send equipment and guidelines. We deliver consented, quality-checked data within 2 weeks.

  1. 1

    You choose the task categories

    Assembly, cooking, packing, repair: whatever your model needs.

  2. 2

    You send equipment and guidelines

    Your cameras or sensors and your capture protocol.

  3. 3

    We deliver within 2 weeks

    Consented, quality-checked data with metadata and an audit trail.

V. Our AI credibility

We build AI too.

Orchis Green is the field-operations arm of the PencilHB team. We build SteelBox, an agentic AI product for structural steel drawing review, now in early-access pilot. So we understand model requirements and QA gates from the builder's side, not just as a vendor.

“AI proposes, humans confirm, every decision is traceable.”

The rule behind SteelBox, and every dataset we deliver

Work with a team that ships AI, not just data. See the 50–100 hour pilot

VI. Questions

Physical AI data collection, explained.

What is egocentric video data and why does Physical AI need it?

Egocentric video is first-person footage recorded from a head- or chest-mounted camera while a person does a real task. It captures hand–object interaction, gaze and the actor's point of view, which is close to what a robot's onboard camera sees at deployment. That makes it some of the most useful training data for Physical AI, humanoid and embodied AI models.

Why collect robot training data in East India rather than Delhi or Bengaluru?

Field operations in Eastern India cost less to run than in the crowded metros, the factories, warehouses, kitchens and workshops here are environments most models have not seen, and no major data collector works in the region yet, so sites and operators are not already committed elsewhere.

What kinds of sites and tasks can Orchis Green capture?

Fabrication, machining and assembly in Howrah and Liluah factories; picking, packing, sorting and dispatch in Dankuni and Rajarhat logistics hubs; cutting, stitching and finishing in the Bantala and Metiabruz leather and garment clusters; and everyday skilled work in Kolkata kitchens, workshops and garages. Task categories are chosen by you.

Is the data collection consent-first and compliant with India's DPDP Act?

Yes. Every participant gives written informed consent in Bengali, Hindi or English before a frame is recorded, every site is covered by a written agreement, and every clip carries an audit trail. Workflows are designed with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 in mind. Faces can be blurred on request, and footage is used only for AI training and never resold.

How does the 50–100 hour pilot work?

You pick the task categories and share your capture protocol and camera settings. We select the sites, recruit and manage the field operators, capture the data and ship consented, quality-checked, audit-ready clips, typically within a few weeks.

What data formats and hardware do you support?

We record to your protocol on your chosen head- or chest-mounted cameras and sensors, including 4K egocentric video, and can support on-site hardware deployment for robot evaluation runs. Deliverables include clip metadata, operator ID and secure upload.

Do you collect training data for VLA models and imitation learning?

Yes. Head- and chest-mounted first-person video of real tasks is exactly the human demonstration data that vision-language-action (VLA) models and imitation learning pipelines train on. We record to your capture protocol, camera settings and sensor set, so this VLA training data drops straight into your existing data pipeline.

Can you capture humanoid and robot manipulation data?

For humanoid robot data, we capture the human side of manipulation: hands-on tasks such as assembly, packing, cooking, sorting and repair, recorded egocentrically so the viewpoint and hand-object interaction match what a humanoid or robot arm camera will see. We also support on-site hardware deployment for your own robot evaluation runs.

How is egocentric data collection in India priced?

Every engagement is scoped as a written proposal with fees, hours and deliverables agreed before work starts. Field operations in Eastern India cost less to run than in Delhi NCR or Bengaluru, and the 50–100 hour pilot is the fastest way to get a firm quote for your task categories.

Who owns the footage and how is it licensed?

Footage is collected for your model training under a signed agreement and is never resold or reused for other clients. Every participant has given written consent, every site has a written agreement, and every clip carries the metadata and audit trail your legal team needs to sign off.

VII. Contact

Send us your query.

Tell us your task categories, the hours you need and your timeline. We come back with sites, operators and a schedule for a 50–100 hour Physical AI data collection pilot in East India.

Company
Orchis Green Private Limited
Incorporated in India, 2019 · A PencilHB venture
Contact
Sougata Bangal
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Address
22, Bidyut Palli, Singur, Hooghly, West Bengal 712306, India
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