VerboseTechLabs/metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample

⚙️ Metal Industry Operations — Egocentric Video Dataset (Sample)

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Dataset Summary

First-person point-of-view (POV) video recordings from metal industry operations, captured on real factory floors. Videos showcase metalworking activities including welding, grinding, cutting, machining, and finishing operations. This is a sample release showcasing the format and quality of our larger metal industry dataset collection.

Dataset Statistics

Metric	Value
Total clips	7
Total duration	21 minutes (7 × 3:00)
Total size	~725 MB
Activity class	metal_industry
View type	Egocentric (first-person)
Video format	MP4
Frame rate	30 fps
Resolution	1080p
Clip length	Uniform 3 minutes each

Supported Tasks

• Video classification — classify metal industry activities
• Action recognition — recognize metalworking actions
• Fine-grained metalworking activity classification
• Hand-object interaction — welding torches, grinders, cutting tools
• Worker safety monitoring — detect risky actions & PPE compliance
• Ergonomics research for metal industry workers
• Assistive robotics for metal fabrication lines
• Quality control and defect detection AI training
• Human-robot collaboration in metal manufacturing
• Industrial AI for smart metal factories

Dataset Structure

Folder Structure

metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample/
├── videos/
│   ├── metal_industry_operation01.mp4
│   ├── metal_industry_operation02.mp4
│   ├── metal_industry_operation03.mp4
│   ├── metal_industry_operation04.mp4
│   ├── metal_industry_operation05.mp4
│   ├── metal_industry_operation06.mp4
│   └── metal_industry_operation07.mp4
├── metadata.csv
└── README.md

Data Fields

The metadata.csv file contains the following columns:

Column	Type	Description
file_name	string	Relative path to the video file
clip_id	string	Unique identifier (e.g., MTL_001)
activity	string	Main class: metal_industry
sub_activity	string	Fine-grained label
duration	string	Human-readable duration (HH:MM:SS)
duration_seconds	integer	Duration in seconds
file_size_mb	float	File size in megabytes
recording_date	date	Recording date (YYYY-MM-DD)
resolution	string	Video resolution
fps	integer	Frames per second
view_type	string	Camera view type (egocentric)
notes	string	Additional context

Clip Overview

Clip ID	File	Duration	Size
MTL_001	metal_industry_operation01.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_002	metal_industry_operation02.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_003	metal_industry_operation03.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_004	metal_industry_operation04.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_005	metal_industry_operation05.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_006	metal_industry_operation06.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB
MTL_007	metal_industry_operation07.mp4	00:03:00	104 MB

Uniform Clip Length ✨

All 7 clips have identical 3-minute duration, making this dataset:

• ✅ Ideal for balanced batch training — no padding or trimming needed
• ✅ Perfect for temporal comparisons between clips
• ✅ Easy to work with for model benchmarking

Activity Coverage

The dataset captures metal industry operations including:

• 🔥 Welding and joining
• ⚙️ Grinding and finishing
• ✂️ Metal cutting operations
• 🔩 Machining and drilling
• 🔍 Quality inspection
• 🛠️ Manual metal fabrication

Usage

Load with 🤗 datasets library

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("verbosetechlabsllp/metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample")
print(dataset)

Load metadata directly with Pandas

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("hf://datasets/verbosetechlabsllp/metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample/metadata.csv")
print(df.head())
print(f"Total duration: {df['duration_seconds'].sum() / 60:.1f} minutes")

Download a specific video

from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download

video_path = hf_hub_download(
    repo_id="verbosetechlabsllp/metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample",
    filename="videos/metal_industry_operation01.mp4",
    repo_type="dataset"
)
print(f"Video downloaded to: {video_path}")

Extract sample frames

import cv2, os

def extract_frames(video_path, out_dir, every_n_seconds=5):
    os.makedirs(out_dir, exist_ok=True)
    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(video_path)
    fps = cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FPS)
    frame_interval = int(fps * every_n_seconds)
    count, saved = 0, 0
    while True:
        ret, frame = cap.read()
        if not ret: break
        if count % frame_interval == 0:
            cv2.imwrite(f"{out_dir}/frame_{saved:04d}.jpg", frame)
            saved += 1
        count += 1
    cap.release()
    return saved

Data Collection

• Camera view: First-person / egocentric (head-mounted or chest-mounted)
• Environment: Real metal industry / factory floor
• Lighting: Industrial factory lighting with occasional bright welding/cutting arcs
• Audio: Included in MP4 (ambient machinery, grinding, and welding sounds — usable for multimodal research)
• Recording date: July 2026

Licensing Information

CC BY 4.0 — Free for research and commercial use with attribution.

Citation

@dataset{metal_industry_operations_egocentric_2026,
  title  = {Metal Industry Operations — Egocentric Video Dataset (Sample)},
  author = {Verbose Tech Labs LLP},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/verbosetechlabsllp/metal-industry-operations-egocentric-sample}
}

More Datasets from Verbose Tech Labs

This dataset is part of a larger collection of egocentric activity datasets covering:

• 👕 Clothing industry manufacturing
• 🍳 Cooking & food preparation
• 🧹 Household cleaning tasks
• 🏭 Manufacturing unit workflows (sample)
• 🛠️ Skilled commercial work (sample)
• 🧵 Textile manufacturing (sample)
• 🔌 Electronics assembly (sample)
• ⚙️ Metal industry operations (this — sample)
• ...and more categories in development

🔗 Browse all our datasets: kaggle.com/verbosetechlabsllp | huggingface.co/verbosetechlabsllp