LG Electronics sees robotics as future growth driver

LG Electronics has proposed its artificial intelligence (AI) robotics business as its next growth driver, seeking to counteract a slowdown in its conventional revenue sources of TVs and home appliances. During its fourth quarter earnings call for 2025 on Friday, LG Electronics Chief Financial Officer Kim Chang-tae said the company is seeking to create synergies between its home appliance expertise and AI humanoid robots. “LG Electronics has been accumulating technological know-how in areas such as motors, actuators and autonomous driving in the segments of industrial robots and service robots,” he said. “As a company with a deep understanding of the home environment, we are presenting AI-powered home solutions.” During CES 2026 earlier this month, LG Electronics presented its CLOiD home robot, which interacted with its surroundings by performing tasks such as folding towels and taking milk out of a refrigerator using its arms. In doing so, the company presented its new vision of “a zero labor home,” where robots and other appliances free users from household chores. To realiz