LG Electronics said on the 4th that it will unveil its robot actuator brand LG Actuator AXIUM at CES 2026 and accelerate its push into the physical artificial intelligence (AI) market. CES 2026 is the world's largest IT and home appliance exhibition, held in Las Vegas from the 6th to the 9th (local time).
An actuator is a module that combines a motor that generates rotational force, a driver that controls electrical signals, and a reducer that adjusts speed, serving as a robot's "joint." It is a key component that accounts for the largest share of robot manufacturing costs. It is cited as a sector expected to see steep growth among the upstream industries needed to implement physical AI (AI that operated in the digital world is embedded in robots and devices, enabling them to perceive physical space and make decisions independently). LG Actuator AXIUM is a name that adds "maximum" and "premium" to axis, meaning joint (shaft), signaling its aim for high-performance actuators.
LG Electronics has identified robotics as a future growth engine and is focusing on advancing its technology. In a reorganization at the end of last year, it established the HS Robotics Lab under the Home Appliance & Air Solution (HS) business headquarters. The move brings together home robot capabilities scattered across the company to secure differentiated future technologies and strengthen product competitiveness.
Operating its home appliance business, LG Electronics has accumulated a wide range of component technologies. Representative examples include AI DD motors installed in refrigerators and dryers and ultra-high-speed motors for vacuum cleaners that reach 150,000 revolutions per minute (rpm). Its integrated motors, which are combined with drivers to reduce size and improve efficiency, are also a strength. LG Electronics produces more than 40 million high-performance motors annually.
An LG Electronics official said, "Our component technologies will serve as the foundation for realizing core actuator competitiveness such as lightweight design, miniaturization, high efficiency, and high torque," adding, "A single humanoid may require dozens of different actuators, and with our modular design capabilities, we have a business structure well-suited for 'customized high-mix production.'"
While continuing to develop home robots, LG Electronics has set a strategy to deliver results in the business-to-business (B2B) space focused on component supply. It also plans to expand the application of its accumulated robotics technologies to home appliances, such as "appliance robots" like cleaning robots and "robotized appliances," including refrigerators whose doors open automatically when a person approaches.
Along with this, LG Electronics will also unveil the AI home robot LG CLOiD at this CES. Composed of a head, torso, and lower body, CLOiD moves two arms with five fingers at a "human level" to help with household chores. It acts by prioritizing tasks based on the user's schedule and the home environment. It also features the ability to control multiple appliances.