AFP presents a photo reportage of 30 pictures by photographer R. Satish Babu taken from March 13 to 15, 2026 featuring AI robot training through data collection in India's Tamil Nadu state. Developers think feeding first-person footage, called "egocentric data", into specialised AI models will help robots copy humans. The humanoid robot market is booming, with investment bank Morgan Stanley predicting there could be over a billion in use by 2050, mostly for industrial and commercial purposes. In India, the emerging field of spatial AI is providing new employment -- for now. Search for all these reportage images using: INDIA-AI-TECHNOLOGY Search 'REPORTAGE' to source all feature, magazine and visual stories. (Photo by R. Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images)