LG has revealed a new humanoid robot designed to take on everyday household tasks. After teasing CLOiD last week, LG has now revealed its AI-powered assistant capable of folding laundry, unloading dishwashers, serving meals, and performing other household tasks.
CLOiD features an unexpectedly charming head module outfitted with a display, speakers, cameras, and various sensors. LG says the setup lets the robot communicate through speech and visuals, learn users’ homes and habits, and control connected smart devices.
Articulated Arms and Wheeled Mobility
The robot features two articulated arms with jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, and independently moving fingers, along with a wheeled base similar to LG’s robot vacuums. Its arms can grasp items at knee height or higher, but not objects on the floor.
LG says it will showcase the robot handling everyday chores such as starting laundry, folding clothes, unloading dishes, removing food from an oven, and serving meals, though its role in a home workout scene remains unclear.
A Concept Robot With Future Home Applications
A closer look at CLOiD’s laundry-folding abilities will come once CES opens, revealing its real-world capabilities. For now, LG appears to be positioning the robot as a concept rather than a consumer product ready for sale. LG plans to keep developing practical home robots and expand its robotics tech to appliances like auto-opening refrigerators.
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