Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of LG Group, met Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive officer (CEO), at Nvidia's U.S. headquarters and agreed to set standards for the AI era in three areas: Humanoid Robot, AI factories, and mobility. This follows discussions that Koo and Huang have continued since the top executives' meeting held at LG Twin Towers in Yeouido, Seoul, in June.
LG Group said on the 14th that on the 13th (local time) it signed a "Strategic Business Collaboration MOU" at Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, with Chairman Koo and CEOs of major affiliates, CEO Huang, and Nvidia's top management in attendance.
Attendees included Kwon Bong-seok, COO of LG Corp., Lyu Jae-cheol, LG Electronics CEO, Hong Bum-Shik, LG Uplus CEO, Hyun Shin-Gyoon, LG CNS CEO, Jung Soo-heon, head of LG Sciencepark, and Lee Honglak, co-head of the LG AI Research Institute.
LG will use Nvidia's platform to set standards for the AI era and accelerate their spread in three areas: Humanoid Robot, AI factories, and mobility.
First, with a public reveal targeted for the first quarter of next year, LG is developing a bipedal Humanoid Robot based on Nvidia Isaac GR00T. The robot will be equipped with Nvidia Jetson Thor for onboard computing and advanced inference and control. It will also be developed on Nvidia's open humanoid foundation model Isaac GR00T and on Nvidia Halos for Robotics, the industry's first full‑stack integrated safety system for robotics.
LG will concentrate the technologies and capabilities of key affiliates in this robot, including LG Electronics actuators, LG Innotek sensors, and LG Energy Solution batteries. By combining Nvidia's AI technology with LG's strengths, the strategy is to showcase differentiated physical AI competitiveness based on "One LG."
Also within this year, LG will deploy a wheel-base type of LG CLOi at LG Electronics' washing machine production line at its Tennessee factory in the United States to conduct proof of concept (PoC) in a real manufacturing environment. Based on the results, the company will enhance the robot's performance and utility and expand its application scope to various environments, including global production facilities as well as homes and commercial spaces.
To strengthen execution, the two companies will operate a joint task force composed of technical and business experts. The task force will work closely across research and development (R&D), field demonstrations, and commercialization, swiftly turning key tasks into concrete outcomes.
LG will build AI factories based on Nvidia's DSX. DSX is Nvidia's AI factory optimization platform that integrates and manages the entire process from AI factory design and simulation to actual operation. LG will marshal its "One LG" capabilities in AI infrastructure (AIDC)—including LG Electronics cooling, LG Energy Solution batteries, the design and operations expertise of LG CNS and LG Uplus, and LS's power solutions—into Nvidia's DSX AI factory architecture to build AI factories that lead the global market.
First, in the first half of 2027, it will build a reference site based on Nvidia Vera Rubin to apply and validate LG's differentiated cooling, power, and IT technologies. In the first half of 2028, it will expand the buildout to 80 megawatts (MW) in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. Through this, LG will secure an AI factory reference based on Nvidia's latest DSXTM platform and validate the technology and competitiveness of its "One LG" integrated solution across the entire process from design to construction and operation.
Going forward, LG is expected to expand business opportunities in the global AI infrastructure market by proposing proven AI factory solutions to global big tech customers as a "One LG" package.
LG and Nvidia will also collaborate in mobility. LG will combine its in-vehicle infotainment and automotive software capabilities with Nvidia's DRIVE Hyperion platform to commercialize a next-generation AIDV (AI Defined Vehicle, a vehicle in which AI performs data-based learning and decision-making to advance Autonomous Driving and operations) platform.
Leveraging Nvidia's AI-based Autonomous Driving technology and in-vehicle computing platform, LG will extend its automotive electronics business capabilities, currently centered on in-vehicle infotainment, into the Autonomous Driving domain. The company plans to provide next-generation in-vehicle solutions that integrate Autonomous Driving functions and in-car AI services to global original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers and secure new growth opportunities in the mobility market.
Chairman Koo said, "As our collaboration gains speed, the tasks we will undertake together in AI factories, physical AI, and mobility have become clear," adding, "We will accelerate AI adoption by building industry-leading references."
CEO Huang said, "The most important opportunity provided by physical AI is to equip every machine with the ability to understand and reason about the physical world and to act safely alongside people. This will transform our daily lives—from homes to factory floors to roads," adding, "Building on years of collaboration, LG and Nvidia are combining LG's leadership in product engineering and manufacturing with Nvidia's technologies to usher in a new era of robots, AI factories, and self-driving cars."