An operator at Verlet Robotics uses robotic arms to record movements and tasks used to train artificial intelligence systems for autonomous robots at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

An operator at Verlet Robotics manipulates a data-capture device in the workshop at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

Charlie Humphreys (R), director and founder of Verlet Robotics and a Yale University graduate based in Kigali, supervises an operator (L) using data-capture equipment at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

A Verlet Robotics technician performs maintenance and repairs on data-capture equipment at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

Daniel Rulinda, an operator at Verlet Robotics, uses robotic arms to record movements and tasks that help train artificial intelligence systems for autonomous robots at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

An operator at Verlet Robotics uses robotic arms to record movements and tasks used to train artificial intelligence systems for autonomous robots at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

Daniel Rulinda, an operator at Verlet Robotics, uses robotic arms to record movements and tasks that help train artificial intelligence systems for autonomous robots at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)

An operator at Verlet Robotics uses robotic arms to record movements and tasks used to train artificial intelligence systems for autonomous robots at the Verlet Robotics office in Kigali on November 4, 2026. Verlet Robotics is a robotics and physical AI company that records and annotates human movements and tasks to create datasets used for training future robots to perform real-world work autonomously. (Photo by Sarah Gros / AFP via Getty Images)