LG Electronics (LG) today introduced LG CLOiD, an AI-powered home robot that was publicly demonstrated for the first time at CES 2026. Designed to perform and coordinate household tasks through connected home appliances, CLOiD aims to reduce the time and physical effort required for daily tasks. The system represents LG's latest development in AI-based home robotics and smart home platforms, building on the company's autonomous home AI hub (LG Q9) and ThinQ ecosystem.

Home Automation Demonstration in a Real Home Environment

At CES 2026, the company showed LG CLOiD operating in various home environments. In one scenario, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant in an oven to prepare breakfast. After the home's occupants leave, LG CLOiD starts the wash cycles and folds and stacks the clothes after drying. These tasks demonstrate LG CLOiD's ability to understand the user's lifestyle and control home appliances precisely.

Hardware Designed to Operate in Living Spaces LG CLOiD consists of a head unit, a torso with two articulated arms and a wheeled base equipped with autonomous navigation. The torso can be tilted to adjust its height, allowing the robot to pick up objects from knee level upwards.

Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, matching the mobility of a human arm. The shoulder, elbow and wrist allow forward, backward, rotational and lateral movements, while each hand includes five independently actuated fingers for fine manipulation. This configuration allows LG CLOiD to handle a wide range of household objects and operate in kitchens, laundry rooms and living rooms.

The wheeled base uses self-driving technology derived from LG's experience with robot vacuums and the LG Q9. This form factor was selected for its stability, safety and cost-effectiveness, with a low center of gravity that reduces the risk of tipping over if a child or pet comes into contact.

LG CLOiD Heads as a Mobile AI Hub for the Home

The head functions as a mobile AI hub for the home. It is equipped with a chipset - which functions as the brain of LG CLOiD -, a screen, a speaker, cameras, various sensors and voice-based generative AI. Collectively, these elements allow the robot to communicate with humans through spoken language and “facial expressions,” learn the living environments and lifestyle patterns of its users, and control connected appliances based on its learnings.

Vision-Based Physical AI: VLM and VLA

At the core of LG CLOiD is the company's Physical AI technology, which combines:

• Vision Language Model (VLM) converts images and videos into structured, language-based understanding.
• Vision Language Action (VLA) translates visual and verbal inputs into physical actions.

These models have been trained with tens of thousands of hours of household task data, allowing LG CLOiD to recognize appliances, interpret user intent, and execute context-appropriate actions, such as opening doors or transferring objects.

Integration with ThinQ and ThinQ ON

LG CLOiD's capabilities are significantly expanded through its integration with LG's smart home ecosystem, including the “ThinQ™” Home AI Platform and “ThinQ ON” Hub. This seamless connectivity allows LG CLOiD to orchestrate a broader range of services across LG's various home appliances.

LG AXIUM Actuator: Robotic Components for Physics AI

Along with the home robot, LG also introduced LG Actuator AXIUM™, a new brand of robotic actuators for services and robots.

An actuator serves as the joint of a robot, integrating a motor that generates rotational force, a controller that manages electrical signals, and a reducer that regulates speed and torque. As one of the most critical and expensive components of a robot, actuators are widely regarded as a critical strategic technology in the emerging era of Physical AI.

LG has accumulated world-class component technology through its market-leading home appliance business. This expertise in component technology is expected to be the basis for delivering key competitive advantages in actuators, such as lightweight and compact design, high efficiency and high torque. Additionally, LG's modular design technology enables the customized, multi-variety production that is necessary for manufacturing advanced robots, which require dozens of types of actuators.

Roadmap to AI-Powered Homes

LG plans to continue developing home robots with practical functions and shapes for household tasks. Simultaneously, the company will expand the application of its accumulated robotic technology to home appliances, creating categories such as “Robot Appliances” (such as robot vacuum cleaners) and “Robotic Appliances” (such as refrigerators with doors that open automatically when a person approaches). The ultimate goal is to create an “AI Home” where household tasks are entrusted to AI-enabled appliances and home robots, allowing people to rest, enjoy and dedicate their time to more valuable activities.

“The LG CLOiD home robot is designed to naturally interact and understand the humans it serves, providing an optimized level of help around the home,” said Steve Baek, president of LG Home Appliance Solution Company. “We will continue our tireless efforts to achieve our vision of a Workless Home, making household chores a thing of the past so customers can spend more time on the things that really matter.”

Visitors to CES 2026 (January 6-9) can experience the tangible benefits of LG CLOiD and the Workless Home through a variety of real-life scenarios at LG's booth (#15004, Las Vegas Convention Center).