LG and NVIDIA Partner to Launch Humanoid Robot in Q1 2027, Build 80 MW AI Factory

LG to unveil next-gen humanoid robot powered by NVIDIA Isaac GR00T in Q1 2027

LG is developing a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot using NVIDIA Isaac GR00T, NVIDIA's open reasoning humanoid foundation model, with plans to publicly unveil it in the first quarter of 2027. The company is also working with NVIDIA on robotics, AI factory infrastructure, and a next-generation AI-defined vehicle platform. LG and NVIDIA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on August 13 at NVIDIA's headquarters in Santa Clara, California. LG Corp Chairman and CEO Kwang Mo Koo and NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang attended the signing. Under the agreement, LG and NVIDIA will collaborate across three areas: * Robotics: Develop and validate humanoid and wheel-based robots, along with the data systems needed for physical AI. * AI Factory: Build AI factory reference sites using NVIDIA DSX and NVIDIA Vera Rubin. * Future Mobility: Develop an AI-defined vehicle platform based on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. Robotics LG's next-generation bipedal humanoid will use NVIDIA Jetson Thor for onboard computing, advanced reasoning, and control. It is being developed using NVIDIA Isaac GR00T and NVIDIA Halos for Robotics. The robot will combine "One LG" capabilities from LG Electronics, LG Innotek, and LG Energy Solution, including: * Actuators * Sensors * Batteries LG plans to publicly unveil the humanoid in the first quarter of 2027. Alongside this development, the company will deploy LG CLOiD, its wheel-based robot, at LG Electronics' washing machine manufacturing line in Tennessee within 2026 for validation in a real-world production environment. Based on the validation results, LG plans to refine the robots' performance and utility before expanding deployment to global production facilities, homes, and commercial spaces. Robot data factory The collaboration also includes work on a robot data factory powered by LG CNS PhysicalWorks, LG's robot data platform. PhysicalWorks will support an on-site physical AI data factory covering: * Continuous data collection * Synthetic data generation * Robotics training * Verification The robot data and manufacturing-site validation experience from the collaboration will also be used in the development of LG's in-house Robot Foundation Model (RFM), which is currently under development. LG plans to use NVIDIA Isaac GR00T while continuing to advance its own AI model capabilities. LG and NVIDIA will operate a joint task force comprising technical and business experts. The task force will work across R&D, site validation, and commercialization. AI Factory LG is using the NVIDIA DSX AI factory architecture together with "One LG" capabilities across AI infrastructure, including thermal management, power, design, and operations. The company has outlined two key stages for its AI factory plans: * First half of 2027: Build an AI factory reference site powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin. * First half of 2028: Construct an 80 MW-scale LG AI Factory in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. The AI Factory is intended to advance physical AI and robot foundation models (RFMs). Through these projects, LG also plans to validate a "One LG" end-to-end AI factory solution based on the NVIDIA DSX platform, covering design, construction, and operations. LG plans to use the validated solution to pursue business opportunities in the global AI infrastructure market, including turnkey "One LG" package solutions for global big tech customers. Future Mobility LG plans to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) platform for next-generation AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs) based on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. The platform will integrate LG's in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and automotive software capabilities. The platform will use NVIDIA's AI-based autonomous driving technologies and vehicle computing capabilities. Through this work, LG plans to expand its existing vehicle component business, which is centered on IVI, into the autonomous driving domain. LG plans to provide global OEMs with automotive solutions that combine: * Autonomous driving features * In-cabin AI services Speaking on the development, Kwang Mo Koo, Chairman and CEO of LG Corp., said, 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. Commenting on the collaboration, Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said, 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. Building on years of collaboration, LG and NVIDIA are combining LG's leadership in product engineering and manufacturing with NVIDIA technology to accelerate the next era of robots, AI factories and autonomous vehicles.

LG to unveil Nvidia-powered humanoid robot in Q1 next year - The Korea Times

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, left, shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during their meeting at LG Twin Tower on Yeouido, Seoul, June 8. Courtesy of LG LG Group will unveil a humanoid robot based on Nvidia's Isaac GR00T robot foundation model in the first quarter of next year, and extend its partnership with the U.S. tech giant in artificial intelligence (AI) data center and mobility businesses. LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signed "a strategic business collaboration" memorandum of understanding (MOU) detailing the partnership during their meeting at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Thursday (local time). LG Group Vice Chairman Kwon Bong-seok, LG Electronics CEO Lyu Jae-cheol, LG Uplus CEO Hong Bum-shik, LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-gyoon and other LG Group executives also attended the event. The MOU came just two months after top executives from both companies agreed to cooperate in the AI industry. The MOU specifies areas for cooperation and details their plans in each field. "As our collaboration gains momentum, the tasks where the two companies can work together have become clearer in the field of AI factory, physical AI and mobility," Koo said. "We will accelerate the adoption of AI by building industry-leading reference cases." AI factory is Nvidia's term for AI data centers. "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," Huang said. "Building on years of collaboration, LG and Nvidia are combining LG's leadership in product engineering and manufacturing with Nvidia technology to accelerate the next era of robots, AI factories and autonomous vehicles." One focus of the partnership will be humanoid robots. LG said it is developing a bipedal robot that they hope to unveil in the first quarter of next year. The robot will be equipped with Nvidia's Jetson Thor for onboard computing and advanced reasoning and control, and will be developed based on Isaac GR00T, Nvidia's robot development platform. Isaac is an open source robotics development platform for both simulation and robot learning frameworks, while GR00T is a reference platform for building, training and testing humanoid robots. The LG robot will also use Nvidia's Halos for Robotics, which the company describes as the industry's first full-stack integrated safety system for robotics. LG Electronics will supply actuators that serve as its "muscles," while LG Innotek will provide sensors that function as its "eyes" and LG Energy Solution will supply batteries. The robot is expected to showcase the technologies and capabilities of LG's key affiliates. CLOiD, a wheel-based robot that LG Electronics showcased at CES 2026 in January, will also be tested on the washing machine production line at the company's factory in Tennessee. The robot data and manufacturing-site experience will be used to strengthen the competitiveness of LG's own robot foundation model, which is currently under development. LG said it plans to utilize Nvidia's Isaac GR00T ecosystem while also building up its own AI model capabilities. For data centers, LG plans to combine Nvidia's DSX data center architecture with LG Electronics' cooling solutions, LG Energy Solution's batteries, LG Uplus' operational capabilities and LS Group's power solutions. DSX is Nvidia's reference architecture for designing AI data centers as integrated systems encompassing computing, networking, storage, power and cooling infrastructure. In the first half of next year, LG will first establish a reference site using Nvidia's Vera Rubin AI computing platform to apply and test the group's cooling, power and IT technologies. In the first half of 2028, it plans to build an 80-megawatt data center in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, using a prefabricated design to shorten the construction period. The facility will be used to advance physical AI technologies and LG's robot foundation model. For mobility, LG said it will use Nvidia's DRIVE Hyperion autonomous driving platform to commercialize its vehicle computing platform for AI-defined vehicles. Based on Nvidia's technology, LG plans to expand its automotive electronics capabilities beyond its existing focus on in-vehicle infotainment into autonomous driving.

LG and Nvidia partner on robotics and AI factory development By Investing.com

Investing.com -- LG Corp and Nvidia signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic business cooperation in robotics, AI factories and mobility, LG said in a statement Friday. LG plans to unveil a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot based on Nvidia Isaac GR00T in the first quarter of 2027. The company will deploy a wheel-based robot at a washing-machine production line at its Tennessee plant this year as a proof of concept. The South Korean company plans to build an Nvidia Vera Rubin-based AI factory reference site in the first half of 2027. LG intends to expand the facility to 80 megawatts in South Korea in the first half of 2028. LG also plans to develop a next-generation AI-defined vehicle platform based on Nvidia DRIVE Hyperion. This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C.

LG, Nvidia to Unveil Jointly Developed Humanoid Robot Next Year

South Korea's LG Group and U.S. technology giant Nvidia are jointly developing a humanoid robot, expanding their collaboration in physical artificial intelligence. The next-generation bipedal humanoid robot will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2027, LG said Friday, after the companies signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in robotics and other AI projects at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on Thursday. The robot will be powered by Nvidia's Isaac GR00T foundation model and Jetson Thor computing platform. LG subsidiaries--including LG Electronics, LG Innotek and LG Energy Solution--will supply actuators, sensors and batteries for the humanoid. Under the deal, LG will establish an AI factory pilot site powered by Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform in the first half of 2027. The project could pave the way for an 80-megawatt AI factory to be built in Cheonan, South Korea, by the first half of 2028. The South Korean conglomerate said it also plans to develop a high-performance computing platform for AI-defined vehicles using Nvidia's DRIVE Hyperion, expanding its auto-component business into autonomous driving. Separately, LG Group plans to deploy CLOiD wheel-based robots at an LG Electronics washing machine manufacturing line in Tennessee this year for real-world validation. The conglomerate will also develop a robot data platform with its AI transformation services affiliate LG CNS to support continuous data collection, synthetic data generation, training and verification for robotics.