LG to unveil Nvidia-powered humanoid robot in Q1 2027

South Korean electronics giant LG announced a significant partnership with Nvidia on August 13, when company chairman and CEO Kwang Mo Koo and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang met at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California to sign a memorandum of understanding. The agreement formally transitions LG and Nvidia from strategic discussion into full execution across robotics, AI factories, and mobility platforms.

On the robotics front, LG is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot for public unveiling in the first quarter of next year. The humanoid is powered by Nvidia Jetson Thor for onboard compute and advanced reasoning, and is built using Nvidia Isaac GR00T—Nvidia's open humanoid foundation model—along with Nvidia Halos for Robotics, described as the industry's first full-stack comprehensive safety system for robotics. LG is integrating capabilities across LG Electronics, LG Innotek, and LG Energy Solution to supply actuators, sensors, and batteries. In parallel, LG will deploy its LG CLOiD wheel-based robot to LG Electronics' washing machine manufacturing line in Tennessee within this year for validation in a real-world production environment. Following validation, LG will refine the robots' performance and utility, then expand deployment to global production facilities, homes, and commercial spaces. The collaboration also includes building a robot data factory powered by LG CNS PhysicalWorks, LG's robot data platform, which will support on-site physical AI data collection, synthetic data generation, training, and verification. LG is simultaneously developing its own in-house Robot Foundation Model (RFM) and plans to actively use Nvidia Isaac GR00T while advancing its own AI model capabilities.

In the AI factory space, LG is using the Nvidia DSX architecture paired with its "One LG" capabilities, including thermal management, power, design, and operations across AI infrastructure. In the first half of 2027, LG will build an AI factory reference site powered by Nvidia Vera Rubin. Building on those results, LG plans to construct an 80 MW scale LG AI Factory in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do by the first half of 2028 to advance physical AI and robot foundation models. LG expects to validate a complete end-to-end AI factory solution and leverage this expertise to expand business opportunities in the global AI infrastructure market by offering validated, turnkey "One LG" package solutions to global customers.

For autonomous vehicles, LG will develop a high-performance computing platform for next-generation AI-Defined Vehicles built on Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion and integrating LG's in-vehicle infotainment and automotive software capabilities. This strategy expands LG's existing vehicle component expertise—centered on in-vehicle infotainment (IVI)—into the autonomous driving domain, positioning the company to provide global original equipment manufacturers with solutions that integrate autonomous driving features with in-cabin AI services. To execute these initiatives, LG and Nvidia are operating a joint Task Force comprising technical and business experts to collaborate closely across research and development, site validation, and commercialization. Koo stated, "As our discussions have moved fast, our tasks and goals in AI Factory and Physical AI have become clear. We will accelerate the spread of AI by building industry-leading references." Huang added, "The defining opportunity of physical AI is to give every machine the ability to understand the real world, reason and act safely alongside people—reshaping everyday life from the home and factory floor to the road."