LG, Nvidia Accelerate Physical AI Robot Partnership
LG Group is partnering with Nvidia to gain a foothold in the emerging “Physical AI” market, where artificial intelligence operates in physical environments. The two companies have agreed to jointly develop a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot equipped with Nvidia’s computing modules and foundati
LG Group and Nvidia ink deal to develop next-gen bipedal humanoid robot. The two companies aim to launch the advanced bipedal humanoid robot in Q1 2027, incorporating Nvidia's high-performance computing module "Jetson Thor" and its open humanoid foundation model "Isaac GR00T". The partnership, formalized with a strategic business cooperation memorandum of understanding on Aug.
13, marks a significant expansion of their collaboration. Discussions began in June when Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of LG Group, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met in Seoul.
The agreement bolsters LG Group's stance in the "Physical AI" market, where AI operates in physical environments. The robot's development will leverage LG Electronics' hardware supply chain, with actuators from LG Electronics, sensors from LG Innotek, batteries from LG Energy Solution, and a "Physical AI data factory" from LG CNS. Madison Huang, a senior director at Nvidia, visited LG Electronics' Yangjae R&D Campus in Seoul to discuss the partnership and inspect a data factory for robot intelligence.
The collaboration extends beyond robotics, with LG Group identified by Morgan Stanley as having Korea's most comprehensive Physical AI ecosystem. Applications include AI factories and mobility. LG plans to deploy its wheel-based "LG CLOi" robot at a manufacturing plant in Tennessee later this year and begin testing its performance in a real production environment. Jensen Huang expressed optimism about the partnership's potential to usher in a new era of robotics and autonomous vehicles.
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