If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, then chances are you have seen a few episodes of The Jetsons, an animated cartoon about a futuristic family that has a robot maid, and LG’s new CLOiD home robot is more or less just like that robot in the show. Announcing the CLOiD robot at CES 2026, LG says this smart home robot was designed and purpose-built to handle your everyday menial tasks. Chores like folding laundry or making breakfast, two things which LG says the robot will be showcasing on the CES 2026 showfloor this week. LG teased this robot at the end of last month, so it wasn’t a complete surprise.
Unsurprisingly, the CLOiD robot is powered by AI, and it was designed to work with other smart and connected home appliances. So, if it’s meant to fold your laundry, then it should work in connection with your smart LG washer and dryer, for example. In fact, it connects with LG’s connected ThinQ system, and that makes perfect sense given LG would want more people to use its appliances. So, maybe this robot will convince a few holdouts.
The LG CLOiD AI home robot’s head functions as a mobile AI home hub
Unlike your standard home hubs, which tend to be a smart display that you interact with through voice, or more commonly, touch, the head on the LG CLOiD acts as a mobile AI home hub that pretty much serves the same purpose. It’s equipped with a chipset that is like the robot’s brain, and that handles all the processing from speech to requests and how to tackle those requests. The chipset doesn’t do all this alone, though. It works in tandem with the voice-based generative AI software, a display, cameras, and sensors, which allow the robot to speak to its users in the English language. So, for example, you could ask it to make breakfast or turn on the heater, and it could essentially do those things for you. LG hasn’t actually shown off the robot making breakfast yet, so it’s unclear exactly how complex this gets.
That being said, it sounds like the robot should be able to handle a wide variety of tasks. LG says the robot’s arms each have seven degrees of freedom. That means it matches the mobility of the human arm, so if it can understand the request, it should be able to convert that request into the physical completion of a task. While LG doesn’t mention any other specific chores or tasks beyond making breakfast or folding laundry, it does confirm that the CLOiD robot can handle a wide range of household objects and “operate in kitchens, laundry rooms, and living areas.” LG doesn’t mention pricing or availability of this robot.
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