CES 2026: LG CLOiD Robot Showcases “Zero Labor Home” Vision

LG Electronics has announced LG CLOiD, an AI-powered home robot, to make its public debut at CES 2026. This device, which is sort of a “descendant” of the CLOi series launched in 2018, represents what LG calls its “Zero Labor Home”, whereby intelligent machines can perform time-consuming household chores with robotics, artificial intelligence, and deep integration with connected home appliances.

LG CLOiD will coordinate and execute everyday life, from assisting with cooking to managing and organizing laundry and household items. With its core framework built on LG’s home appliance smart platforms, including ThinQ and the Self-Driving AI Home Hub (LG Q9), it will reduce both the physical effort and time required for domestic work.

During CES 2026, LG will perform a demo of CLOiD in home-like situations. In one scene, the robot makes breakfast by retrieving milk from a fridge and putting food in an oven. The robot starts laundry when residents go outside the house, retrieves clothes from the dryer, and folds and stacks clothes. These show that CLOiD can understand user routines while controlling compatible appliances accurately.

From the hardware point of view, LG CLOiD is fitted with a head unit, a torso with two articulated arms, and a wheeled autonomous base. The torso can be extended for reaching objects at different levels. Each arm features seven degrees of freedom, similar to human arm mobility, while the hands have five independently controlled fingers for fine manipulation of household objects. The wheeled base, originating from LG’s experience with robot vacuums, puts an emphasis on stability, safety, and cost efficiency.

The head of the robot would work as a mobile AI home hub, fitted with a processor display, speaker, cameras, sensors, and voice-based generative AI. With these, CLOiD can communicate naturally with users, recognize environments, learn household patterns, and manage connected devices.

At the center of CLOiD lies LG’s Physical AI, the bridge between VLM and VLA technologies. Trained on a wide variety of household task data, these models allow the robot to understand visual and verbal input and translate it into physical actions.

The company is also introducing its new line of robotic actuators, LG Actuator AXIUM, for service robots. Building on component expertise from LG, these actuators focus on compact design, efficiency, and high torque to support the scalability of advanced robotics. It also looks ahead to extend robotics across appliances and home systems-to actually develop artificial intelligence-driven homes where daily chores are ultimately automated, freeing users to undertake more meaningful activities.

Visitors to CES 2026 (January 6-9) can experience the tangible benefits of LG CLOiD and the Zero Labor Home at LG’s booth (#15004, Las Vegas Convention Center).

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