AI Assistant

Credit: LG/Cover Images The race to build humanoid robots is on, with many of the world’s leading tech companies are desperate to put friendly android helpers in our homes. However, up until now the idea they could genuinely help us complete unwanted chores has largely been a futuristic fantasy - with several high-profile examples struggling with basic tasks like loading the dishwasher or pouring drinks. LG’s CLOiD robot claims to be different. It is an AI-enabled home robot designed to carry out and coordinate everyday household tasks, with its first public demonstration scheduled for CES 2026. The robot, called LG CLOiD, is intended to reduce the time and physical effort required for chores by working across connected home appliances. At CES 2026, LG plans to showcase CLOiD operating in a range of home environments. In one demonstration, the robot retrieves milk from a refrigerator and places a croissant into an oven to prepare breakfast. It will also be shown to initiate laundry cycles before folding and stacking clothes once they are dry. “The LG CLOiD home robot is designed to naturally engage with and understand the humans it serves, providing an optimised 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.” LG says the scenarios are designed to highlight the robot’s ability to understand user lifestyles and to exercise precise control over household appliances. LG CLOiD features a head unit mounted on a torso with two articulated arms, supported by a wheeled base capable of autonomous navigation. The torso can tilt to adjust the robot’s height, allowing it to pick up objects from knee level and higher. Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, comparable to a human arm. The shoulder, elbow and wrist joints allow forward, backward, rotational and lateral movement, while each hand has five independently actuated fingers for fine manipulation. This design enables the robot to handle a wide variety of household objects in kitchens, laundry rooms and living areas. The wheeled base draws on autonomous driving technology developed for LG’s robot vacuum cleaners and the LG Q9. LG says the design was chosen for stability, safety and cost effectiveness, with a low centre of gravity to reduce the risk of tipping if bumped by a child or pet. The robot’s head acts as a mobile AI home hub, housing what LG describes as its “brain” chipset, alongside a display, speaker, cameras and sensors. It also incorporates voice-based generative AI. Together, these components allow CLOiD to communicate with users through speech and facial expressions, learn household environments and lifestyle patterns, and control connected appliances based on what it learns. At the core of the system is LG’s Physical AI technology, which combines two models: a Vision Language Model, which converts images and video into structured, language-based understanding, and a Vision Language Action model, which translates visual and verbal inputs into physical actions. LG claims these models have been trained on tens of thousands of hours of household task data, enabling the robot to recognise appliances, interpret user intent and carry out context-appropriate actions such as opening doors or moving objects. LG says it will continue to develop home robots with practical forms and functions, while also applying robotics technology to appliances. This includes products such as robot vacuum cleaners and “robotised appliances”, including refrigerators with doors that open automatically as someone approaches. The company’s long-term aim is an “AI Home” in which housework is handled by AI-powered appliances and robots, freeing people to spend time on other activities.