LG Electronics announced LG CLOiD, an AI-enabled home robot, on January 4, 2026, in Las Vegas, to demonstrate its Zero Labor Home vision at CES 2026 by performing household tasks through Physical AI and integration with connected appliances.
The robot embodies LG Electronics’ Zero Labor Home concept, where intelligent machines manage everyday chores via robotics and connected home systems. LG CLOiD uses AI and vision-based technology to execute tasks such as cooking and laundry. It connects seamlessly with LG’s ThinQ ecosystem to automate home operations. This unveiling, along with new actuator technology, advances LG’s development in AI-driven homes that combine robotics, smart appliances, and Physical AI to handle housework.
At CES 2026, held from January 6 to 9, LG will showcase LG CLOiD in diverse home environments. In a breakfast preparation scenario, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant into an oven. Once household occupants depart, LG CLOiD starts laundry cycles and, after drying completes, folds and stacks the garments. These demonstrations highlight the robot’s capacity to comprehend user lifestyles and exert precise control over appliances.
LG CLOiD’s hardware comprises a head unit, a torso equipped with two articulated arms, and a wheeled base featuring autonomous navigation. The torso tilts to adjust height, allowing the robot to access objects from knee level upward. This design suits operation in living spaces like kitchens, laundry rooms, and general areas.
Each arm possesses seven degrees of freedom, replicating human arm mobility. The shoulder, elbow, and wrist support forward, backward, rotational, and lateral movements. Every hand includes five independently actuated fingers for precise manipulation of household items.
The wheeled base incorporates autonomous driving technology from LG’s robot vacuums and LG Q9 Self-Driving AI Home Hub. Engineers selected this form for stability, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Its low center of gravity minimizes tipping risks during interactions with children or pets.
The head unit serves as a mobile AI home hub. It contains a chipset acting as the robot’s brain, a display, a speaker, cameras, various sensors, and voice-based generative AI. These components enable human communication via spoken language and facial expressions.
Through its head, LG CLOiD learns users’ living environments and lifestyle patterns. It controls connected home appliances based on acquired knowledge, building on LG’s prior advancements like the LG Q9 and ThinQ ecosystem.
Central to LG CLOiD is Physical AI technology, which integrates a Vision Language Model (VLM) and a Vision Language Action (VLA) module. The VLM processes images and video into structured language-based understanding, allowing recognition of appliances and environments.
The VLA module converts visual and verbal inputs into corresponding physical actions. Examples include opening doors or transferring objects, executed in contextually appropriate manners.
These models underwent training on tens of thousands of hours of household task data. This extensive dataset equips LG CLOiD to interpret user intent accurately and perform relevant chores.
LG CLOiD integrates fully with LG’s ThinQ AI Home Platform and ThinQ ON hub. This connectivity lets the robot orchestrate services across numerous LG appliances, expanding its household management scope.
LG introduced LG Actuator AXIUM alongside the robot, a brand of actuators for service robots. Actuators function as robot joints, combining a motor for rotational force, a drive for electrical signal control, and a reducer for speed and torque regulation.
As critical, cost-intensive components, actuators represent strategic upstream technology in Physical AI development. LG draws on world-class component expertise from its home appliance leadership to produce actuators with lightweight, compact designs, high efficiency, and high torque.
LG’s modular design technology supports customization and multi-variety production. Advanced robots require dozens of actuator types, and this approach meets those manufacturing demands.
LG’s roadmap for home robotics includes practical-function robots for housework. The company will apply robotics technology to appliances, developing Appliance Robots such as robot vacuums and Robotized Appliances like refrigerators with automatically opening doors upon user approach.
This progression targets an AI Home where AI appliances and home robots manage housework, freeing people for rest, enjoyment, and valuable pursuits.
“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 relentless efforts to achieve our Zero Labor Home vision, making housework a thing of the past so that customers can spend more time on the things that really matter.”
Visitors to CES 2026 can interact with LG CLOiD in real-life scenarios at LG’s booth numbered 15004 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
