LG is developing a bipedal humanoid robot using NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T platform, with a public unveiling planned for the first quarter of 2027. The project is part of an expanded collaboration between LG and NVIDIA covering robotics, AI infrastructure and vehicle technology.
The humanoid will use NVIDIA Jetson Thor for onboard computing, reasoning and control. LG is also incorporating NVIDIA Isaac GR00T, a platform for developing and deploying general-purpose humanoid robots, and NVIDIA Halos for Robotics for safety-related functions.
LG plans to combine technology from several companies within the group for the robot. LG Electronics, LG Innotek and LG Energy Solution are expected to contribute components including actuators, sensors and batteries. LG Electronics has also established a Robotics Business Center that consolidates business development, sales, supply chain and manufacturing activities related to robotics.
The collaboration extends beyond the bipedal robot. LG plans to deploy its wheel-based CLOiD robot at an LG Electronics washing machine production line in Tennessee during 2026. The company intends to use the manufacturing environment to validate the robot and refine its performance before considering deployments at other production sites, homes and commercial locations.
LG and NVIDIA will also work on a robot data factory using LG CNS’s PhysicalWorks platform. The planned infrastructure will support data collection, synthetic data generation, training and verification for robotics applications. LG intends to use data generated through the collaboration to support development of its own Robot Foundation Model while continuing to use NVIDIA Isaac GR00T.
The companies have agreed to operate a joint task force of technical and business specialists covering research and development, site validation and commercialization. Their collaboration also includes AI infrastructure. LG plans to build an AI factory reference site using NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform in the first half of 2027, followed by an 80 MW AI factory in Cheonan, South Korea, by the first half of 2028.
In automotive technology, LG plans to develop a high-performance computing platform for AI-defined vehicles based on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. The platform is intended to combine NVIDIA’s vehicle computing and autonomous-driving technologies with LG’s in-vehicle infotainment and automotive software.
