LG Electronics has announced LG CLOiD™, an AI enabled home robot that will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at CES 2026. The robot reflects LG’s Zero Labor Home vision, where everyday household tasks are handled by intelligent machines working across connected appliances and smart home systems.
LG CLOiD is designed to perform and coordinate routine household activities such as cooking assistance and laundry management. It connects with LG’s ThinQ ecosystem and builds on the company’s Self Driving AI Home Hub, LG Q9, to automate tasks based on user habits and home environments.
At CES 2026, LG will showcase CLOiD operating in real world home scenarios. Demonstrations include preparing breakfast by interacting with kitchen appliances and managing laundry cycles after residents leave the home. These examples highlight the robot’s ability to recognize objects, understand context and control appliances with precision.
From a hardware perspective, LG CLOiD consists of a head unit, a torso with two articulated arms and a wheeled base. The torso can adjust height to reach objects at different levels. Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, enabling movements similar to a human arm, while the hands feature five independently controlled fingers for handling everyday items. The wheeled base uses autonomous navigation technology derived from LG’s robotics experience, designed for stability and safety in shared living spaces.
The head of LG CLOiD functions as a mobile AI home hub. It integrates a processing chipset, display, speaker, cameras, sensors and voice based generative AI. Together, these components allow natural interaction through speech and visual cues, continuous learning of user behavior and coordinated control of connected appliances.
At the core of LG CLOiD is Physical AI technology, combining Vision Language Models that translate visual input into structured understanding and Vision Language Action systems that convert visual and verbal information into physical movement. These models are trained on extensive household task data, enabling the robot to interpret user intent and perform actions such as opening doors or transferring objects.
LG is also introducing LG Actuator AXIUM™, a new line of robotic actuators designed for service robots and future robotic systems. These actuators integrate motors, drives and reducers into compact units and are based on LG’s long standing expertise in appliance component engineering. The company plans to use this technology to support scalable and customizable robot production.
LG CLOiD and the Zero Labor Home concept will be showcased at LG’s booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 6 to 9 during CES 2026.
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