As the doors open to CES 2026, LG Electronics has taken a definitive step toward the future of domestic automation with the official unveiling of LG CLOiD.
This AI-powered humanoid home robot is designed to be the centerpiece of the company’s “Zero Labor Home” vision, a strategic roadmap aimed at liberating homeowners from the daily grind of manual chores.
Unlike previous stationary hubs or simple vacuum bots, LG CLOiD is a sophisticated physical AI assistant capable of navigating a home and manipulating objects with human-like dexterity. Standing between 105 cm and 143 cm tall thanks to a tilting torso, the robot is built to operate in environments designed for people, reaching everything from floor-level laundry baskets to high kitchen shelves.
The hardware of LG CLOiD represents a significant leap in consumer robotics. Each of its two articulated arms features seven degrees of freedom, mirroring the complex range of motion found in a human shoulder, elbow, and wrist. This mobility is paired with hands featuring five independently actuated fingers, allowing the robot to perform delicate tasks that have long eluded home automation.
At CES 2026, the company will show LG CLOiD operating in diverse home environments. In one scenario, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant into an oven to prepare breakfast. After household occupants leave, LG CLOiD initiates laundry cycles and folds and stacks garments after drying. These tasks display LG CLOiD’s ability to understand the user’s lifestyle and precise appliance control
Powering these actions is LG’s proprietary Physical AI technology. This system utilizes a Vision Language Model (VLM) to convert visual data into structured understanding and a Vision Language Action (VLA) model to translate that understanding into physical movement.
Trained on tens of thousands of hours of household task data, CLOiD doesn’t just follow pre-programmed paths; it interprets intent. By integrating with the ThinQ ON AI home hub, the robot acts as a mobile command center, learning user habits and lifestyle patterns to provide personalized assistance that improves over time.
Alongside the robot, LG introduced LG Actuator AXIUM, a new brand of high-performance robotic joints. These actuators, which integrate the motor, drive, and reducer into a single module, are the “muscles” of CLOiD. LG plans to leverage its massive manufacturing scale (producing over 40 million motors annually) to make these high-torque, lightweight components a standard in the emerging service robot market.
Steve Baek, President of the LG Home Appliance & Air Solution Company, emphasized that CLOiD is just the beginning.
“The LG CLOiD home robot is designed to naturally engage with and understand the humans it serves. We will continue our relentless efforts to achieve our Zero Labor Home vision, making housework a thing of the past.”
The company’s roadmap includes expanding this technology into “Robotized Appliances,” such as refrigerators with doors that open automatically upon approach and dishwashers that can be loaded and emptied autonomously. For now, visitors at CES can witness the first iteration of this vision at LG’s “Innovation in Tune with You” showcase.
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