Imagine waking up to breakfast already in motion, laundry handled without reminders, and your appliances working together without constant input. That future is inching closer to reality as LG Electronics unveils the LG CLOiD home robot at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
Designed to demonstrate the company’s “Zero Labor Home” vision, LG CLOiD introduces Physical AI into everyday living spaces. The goal is simple but ambitious: reduce the time, effort, and mental load required for daily housework.
What Is the LG CLOiD Home Robot?
The new LG CLOiD is an AI-powered home robot built to perform and coordinate common household chores. It integrates seamlessly with LG’s ThinQ ecosystem and builds upon innovations like the LG Q9 Self-Driving AI Home Hub.
At CES 2026, LG is showcasing CLOiD in realistic home setups. In one demonstration, the robot retrieves milk from the refrigerator and places a croissant in the oven to prepare breakfast. After the household leaves, it can initiate laundry cycles, then fold and stack garments once drying is complete.
These scenarios highlight CLOiD’s ability to understand user routines and control appliances with precision.
Built for Real Homes, Not Just Showrooms
LG CLOiD features a head unit, a torso with two articulated arms, and a wheeled base designed for autonomous navigation. The torso adjusts its height, allowing it to reach objects from knee level to overhead storage.
Each arm offers seven degrees of freedom, closely mirroring the range of motion in a human arm. With flexible shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints plus five independently controlled fingers on each hand, CLOiD can grasp, open, transfer, and manipulate everyday household items.
Its wheeled base incorporates navigation technology derived from LG’s robotic vacuum experience and the LG Q9 platform. A low center of gravity enhances stability and reduces tipping risks, an important consideration for homes with children or pets.
Physical AI Powered by Vision Language Models
At the heart of LG CLOiD is its Physical AI framework, which combines Vision Language Model and Vision Language Action technologies.
The Vision Language Model converts images and video inputs into structured understanding. The Vision Language Action system translates visual and verbal instructions into real-world movements. Trained on tens of thousands of hours of household task data, these models enable CLOiD to recognize appliances, interpret context, and perform appropriate actions such as opening doors or transferring items.
This fusion of perception and action allows the robot to move beyond simple automation toward adaptive assistance.
A Mobile AI Home Hub
CLOiD’s head functions as a mobile AI home hub. Equipped with a chipset, display, speaker, cameras, and multiple sensors, it communicates through voice-based generative AI and expressive visual feedback.
Through integration with LG’s ThinQ and ThinQ ON platforms, the robot orchestrates connected appliances across the home. This enables coordinated tasks that extend beyond isolated devices, moving toward a unified AI-driven ecosystem.
Introducing LG Actuator AXIUM
Alongside the robot, LG introduced LG Actuator AXIUM, a new brand of robotic actuators designed for service robots.
Actuators serve as robotic joints, combining motors, drives, and reducers to control speed, torque, and movement. As one of the most critical and cost-intensive components in robotics, actuators are considered foundational in the Physical AI era.
Leveraging its expertise in appliance components, LG aims to deliver lightweight, compact, high-efficiency actuators capable of supporting advanced robotics. Modular design also enables scalable, multi-variant production for complex robotic systems.
The Road to a True AI Home
LG’s broader roadmap includes expanding robotics into everyday appliances. The company envisions categories such as appliance robots like robotic vacuums and robotized appliances such as refrigerators that open automatically when someone approaches.
Ultimately, the objective is an AI Home where housework is delegated to intelligent machines, allowing people to focus on rest, creativity, and meaningful experiences.
Steve Baek, president of the LG Home Appliance Solution Company, explained that LG CLOiD is engineered to naturally engage with and understand the people it serves. He emphasized the company’s commitment to realizing the Zero Labor Home vision so customers can spend more time on what truly matters.
The LG CLOiD home robot represents more than a futuristic concept. It signals a shift toward practical robotics embedded directly into daily life. By combining Physical AI, smart appliance integration, and advanced actuator technology, LG is redefining what home automation can look like.
If the Zero Labor Home becomes reality, the most valuable upgrade may not be a faster device, but reclaimed time.