LG Bipedal Humanoid (NVIDIA-based, announced for 2027)

What it's for

This robot does not exist yet; what exists is an announcement. LG has announced a bipedal humanoid based on the Nvidia Jetson Thor platform and the Isaac GR00T foundation model, with an unveiling planned for early 2027, probably at the CES trade show. We do not know its height, weight or number of degrees of freedom. This section therefore describes the direction the company intends to take, not the capabilities of a specific machine.

What does the data say? It points to three areas: manufacturing (a pilot line at LG's washing machine plant in Tennessee, from 2026), commercial applications, and the household. LG has indirect experience here: the CLOi line (ServeBot, GuideBot) works in services, and in 2024 the company showed a home concept, the Q9, at CES, followed in 2026 by CLOiD.

For the factory, the biggest hope is using the robot where standard automation is too rigid. For the home, it is the realization of the dream of a home helper robot, which we write about in “Humanoid Robots and the Polish Labor Market” and alongside models such as the LG CLOiD. It has to be said, though: without published specifications there is no way to judge whether the robot can lift anything, how long it runs, or how safely it moves among people.

Who it's for

Of interest to market watchers, meaning strategy departments and analysts who want to know that LG is joining the group of companies building humanoids on the Nvidia stack; integrators building expertise around the Jetson Thor platform; journalists and enthusiasts who compare announcements with real products.

A poor fit: anyone who wants to buy, plan a budget or plan a deployment. The robot has no price, sales date or specifications, and in Poland there is no representative office that could offer anything. If you need a humanoid today, choose a model with public data, for example from the list in humanoid robots. For those following the market, it is also worth noting that LG already has several service robots in its portfolio, so moving into humanoids is a natural, if ambitious, step.

Deployments

The robot is not on the market, and LG has announced no sales or pilot in Poland.

Worldwide: LG's plans mention a pilot line at its washing machine plant in Tennessee (from 2026) as an application area, but that is a plan, not a confirmed deployment of a robot whose specifications we do not yet know.

What is real in the category? Service robots do work in Poland today; you will find a guide to them in “Service Robots in Restaurants and Hotels”, along with a growing number of humanoid trials in warehouses, described in “Agility Digit in Warehouses”. LG's announcement is one more point on that map, still without an address in Poland. Poland does have a strong community of integrators and universities that can run the first tests on hardware already available.

Because the product is a concept, we look for alternatives among humanoids that are already leaving the laboratory.

Leju Kuavo-5: a humanoid on sale, against which we compare LG's announcement; it has public parameters and a price.

Unitree H2: Unitree's newer generation with a stated price ($29,900), good for laboratories and pilots.

NEURA 4NE-1 Mini: a German humanoid with a concrete price ($21,500), for those who prefer a European supplier.

Tesla Optimus Gen 3: another major player announcing mass production; it, too, is not yet a product for the Polish customer.

If the home interests you, also look at LG's concepts in the home robots segment: the LG Q9 and LG CLOiD. Of all those mentioned, only the Kuavo-5, Unitree H2 and NEURA 4NE-1 Mini have a public price, so they are the ones suited to a real budget comparison today.

In January 2024, LG showed a home humanoid concept, the Q9, at CES, the first signal that the company was considering a human-shaped robot in the home. In 2026 came the CLOiD, also in the home category, and in August 2026 industry reports confirmed the announcement of a bipedal humanoid based on Nvidia Jetson Thor and Isaac GR00T, with a 2027 launch.

It is the first bipedal humanoid LG has announced; the company's earlier robots, such as the ServeBot and GuideBot from the CLOi line, roll on wheels. LG Electronics (Seoul, founded in 1958) has more experience in service robotics than in walking robots, as the profile of LG Electronics shows. Other makers are also joining the choice of the Nvidia platform; that stack is described in the article “VLA Models: How AI Controls Humanoid Robots in 2026” and in the component entry NVIDIA Jetson.