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LG Electronics (LG) has announced the public debut of LG CLOiD™, an AI-powered home robot, which will be showcased at CES 2026. The unveiling marks a major step in LG’s “Zero Labor Home” vision, where intelligent machines take over time-consuming household chores through advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, and seamless smart home integration.

Designed as an AI-enabled home assistant, LG CLOiD represents LG’s latest progress in Physical AI, combining robotics with connected appliances to reduce the physical effort and time required for daily housework. The system builds on LG’s Self-Driving AI Home Hub (LG Q9) and its ThinQ smart home ecosystem.

Real-world home automation on display at CES

At CES 2026, LG will demonstrate LG CLOiD operating in realistic home environments. In one scenario, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant into an oven to prepare breakfast. Once residents leave the home, LG CLOiD initiates laundry cycles and later folds and stacks clothes after drying.

These demonstrations highlight the robot’s ability to understand household routines, recognize appliances, and precisely control connected devices based on user habits and contextual awareness.

Hardware designed for everyday living spaces

LG CLOiD features a head unit, a torso with two articulated arms, and a wheeled base equipped with autonomous navigation. The adjustable torso allows the robot to change height, enabling it to pick up items from both low and elevated surfaces.

Each arm offers seven degrees of freedom, closely matching the mobility of a human arm. The shoulders, elbows, and wrists support forward, backward, rotational, and lateral movement, while each hand includes five independently actuated fingers for precise object handling. This design allows the robot to perform tasks across kitchens, laundry rooms, and living spaces.

The wheeled base, derived from LG’s experience with robot vacuums and the LG Q9 platform, provides stability and safety. Its low center of gravity reduces the risk of tipping, making it suitable for homes with children and pets.

A mobile AI home hub

LG CLOiD’s head functions as a mobile AI home hub, housing its main chipset, display, speaker, cameras, sensors, and voice-based generative AI. Together, these components enable natural communication through speech and expressive responses, while allowing the robot to learn household environments, understand user lifestyles, and manage connected appliances intelligently.

Physical AI powered by vision and language models

At the core of LG CLOiD is LG’s Physical AI technology, which combines a Vision Language Model (VLM) and Vision Language Action (VLA). The VLM converts images and video into structured, language-based understanding, while the VLA translates visual and verbal inputs into physical actions.

Trained on tens of thousands of hours of household task data, these models allow LG CLOiD to recognize appliances, interpret user intent, and perform context-aware actions such as opening doors or transferring objects.

Integration with ThinQ ecosystem

LG CLOiD integrates seamlessly with LG’s ThinQ™ AI Home Platform and ThinQ ON hub, significantly expanding its capabilities. Through this ecosystem, the robot can coordinate and orchestrate services across multiple LG appliances, creating a unified and automated home experience.

Introduction of LG Actuator AXIUM

Alongside LG CLOiD, LG is introducing LG Actuator AXIUM™, a new brand of robotic actuators designed for service robots and advanced robotics applications. Actuators, which function as a robot’s joints, integrate motors, drives, and reducers, making them one of the most critical and cost-intensive components in robotics.

Leveraging its extensive expertise in home appliance components, LG aims to deliver actuators that are lightweight, compact, efficient, and capable of high torque. Modular design technology will also allow customization and scalable production, which is essential for advanced robots requiring multiple actuator types.

Roadmap toward AI-driven homes

LG stated that it will continue developing practical home robots while expanding robotics technology into home appliances. This includes “appliance robots” such as robot vacuums and “robotized appliances” like refrigerators that open automatically when a user approaches.

The company’s long-term goal is to create a fully AI-driven home where robots and intelligent appliances handle housework, allowing users to focus on rest, leisure, and more meaningful activities.

“The LG CLOiD home robot is designed to naturally engage with and understand the humans it serves, providing an optimized level of household help,” said Steve Baek, president of the LG Home Appliance Solution Company. “We will continue our efforts to achieve our Zero Labor Home vision, making housework a thing of the past.”

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