TECH – LG Electronics is gearing up to unveil a bold new step in household automation with its LG CLOiD home robot, a humanoid assistant built to tackle a wide range of chores and reduce the burden of daily tasks — at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. Unlike earlier companion bots that were limited in usefulness, CLOiD’s design aims for real-world capability inside homes, blending advanced robotics with a vision LG calls the “Zero Labor Home” to give people more quality time by handling routine work.
The CLOiD robot distinguishes itself with two fully articulated arms, each endowed with seven degrees of freedom a level of motion that mirrors human arm flexibility and lets it reach into cabinets, lift objects or interact with appliances in a natural way. Each hand includes five individually actuated fingers, offering a fine precision that’s essential for delicate tasks like moving fragile items, gripping tools or adjusting small controls capabilities rarely seen in consumer robots before now.
At its core, CLOiD integrates a powerful chipset housed in its head, functioning as the robot’s “brain,” supported by cameras, sensors, a display and a speaker for expressive communication, navigation and natural voice interaction. This suite of technology enables the robot to not only move around a living space but also understand its environment, communicate in intuitive ways and adjust behaviour over time to better serve a household’s needs.
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The system is powered by LG’s proprietary Affectionate Intelligence technology, which is designed to refine the robot’s responses through repeated interaction with users, tailoring its assistance to household routines and preferences.
LG’s broader mission with CLOiD is not simply to sell another gadget but to seed a future in which robots become genuinely useful companions in everyday life. The robot is tailored for modern living spaces and domestic chores, from picking up items to coordinating with connected appliances, embodying LG’s strategic bet on robotics as a key growth engine for the company’s future. The introduction of CLOiD coincides with the establishment of the HS Robotics Lab within LG’s Home Appliance Solution Company, where engineers are refining technologies that could underpin future generations of home automation technologies.
Visitors to CES 2026 (January 6–9) will have the chance to see CLOiD in action in “Zero Labor Home” demonstrations at LG’s booth, where the robot will be shown tackling real-life household scenarios. The demonstration will illustrate how the machine navigates rooms, interprets voice commands and interacts with residents — a glimpse at how homes of the future might look when chores become less demanding.
