LG, Nvidia Unveil Humanoid Robot Push
LG and Nvidia have formed a strategic alliance to take the lead in the Physical AI era. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic business cooperation on August 13 (local time) at the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, the United States, with top executi
LG and Nvidia have joined forces in a strategic alliance to lead the "Physical AI" era. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on August 13 at Nvidia's headquarters in California, with representatives from both companies attending. This collaboration aims to establish global standards in robotics, AI factories, and mobility.
Representative Koo Kwang-mo of LG emphasized that the collaboration is accelerating and that specific tasks will be worked on together. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that the merger of LG's manufacturing expertise and Nvidia's technology will hasten the era of robots and autonomous vehicles.
The most immediate outcome is in robotics. LG is developing a bipedal humanoid robot based on Nvidia's humanoid foundation model, 'Isaac GR00T.' The robot, equipped with Nvidia's 'Jetson Thor' computing platform, is set to be unveiled in the first quarter of the following year. LG will utilize its affiliates' core component technologies for production, including actuators, sensors, and batteries.
The company plans to deploy the wheel-based 'LG CLOi' within a washing machine factory in Tennessee by the end of the year, expanding its application range to homes and commercial spaces in the future.
In the AI factory sector, the two companies will introduce an integrated solution combining LG's cooling, power, and IT technologies with Nvidia's DSX architecture. The first reference site based on the next-generation AI platform 'Vera Rubin' will be built in the first half of 2027, with plans for an 80MW AI factory in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, in the first half of 2028. This factory will feature a Prefab modular design method to shorten construction time by over 20%.
For mobility, LG will develop a next-generation AIDV (AI Defined Vehicle) platform utilizing Nvidia's 'Drive Hyperion' platform. This move expands LG's vehicle component business into the autonomous driving sector, with plans to commercialize a high-performance computing (HPC) platform by combining Nvidia's AI autonomous driving technology with LG's vehicle software capabilities. The two companies agreed to operate a joint task force to enhance the execution power of their cooperation.
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