LG Electronics (Robotics)
Home-appliance giant with the CLOiD wheeled home robot and a GR00T-based biped due in 2027
Public · Pilot · Humanoid OEM · Seoul, South Korea · Founded 1958 · 066570 (KRX) · lg.com
Profile
LG showed its CLOiD wheeled home robot at CES 2026 and began producing test units in mid-2026 for data collection and use on its Tennessee washing-machine line. A bipedal humanoid built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T is due in Q1 2027. LG is also an investor in Figure and AgiBot.
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People
- Lyu Jae-cheolChief Executive Officer
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Flagship robots
- CLOiD Wheeled humanoid
Home robot with two 7-DOF arms; test units in production - Next-gen bipedal humanoid Humanoid
Unveiling planned Q1 2027, built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T
Market & financials
Trademarks
1 name filed in the US since 2025 · last checked .
- CLOID SuspendedRobots having communication and learning functions for entertaining people.
Our guess: may be a home companion robot
Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Sunday Robotics
Adjacent competitorBoth are selling robots for the home: Sunday Robotics is building Memo, a wheeled two-armed household robot, while LG Electronics makes the CLOiD wheeled home robot.
1X Technologies
Adjacent competitorBoth are selling robots for the home: 1X Technologies sells the NEO humanoid for the home, while LG Electronics makes the CLOiD wheeled home robot.
Recent news
- — LG to unveil next-gen humanoid built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T PR Newswire
- — Test CLOiD units in mass production for physical-AI data Seoul Economic Daily
- — CLOiD home robot at CES 2026 LG
Suppliers
- NVIDIA — Jetson Thor onboard computer; Isaac Sim, GR00T foundation models
Sources
- LG presents LG CLOiD home robot at CES 2026 (LG) (Jan 5, 2026)
- LG Electronics accelerates physical AI with mass production of test CLOiD (Seoul Economic Daily) (Jul 30, 2026)
- LG to unveil its next-gen humanoid robot, built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T (PR Newswire via Morningstar) (Aug 13, 2026)
- LG Electronics CEO says new robot model to enable 'Zero Labor Home' vision (Yonhap) (Jan 8, 2026)
Confidence: high.