LG is preparing a bipedal home robot, but will deploy it in factories first for safety testing

LG Electronics used an orchestra-themed presentation at IFA 2026 to show how it imagines the robot becoming the central form factor of the future home.

At the company’s booth in Berlin on Sept. 5, a 16-meter-wide, 4-meter-high kinetic LED display opened to orchestral music. The Cloi home robot then appeared at the center of the stage as an orchestra conductor. As it moved both arms, lights came on across 31 appliances arranged in a semicircle, including refrigerators, washing machines, OLED televisions and air conditioners.

The performance illustrated LG’s “Zero Labor Home” vision, in which artificial intelligence connects a range of household appliances and the robot manages them as a whole.

LG sees IFA 2026 as a starting point for expanding beyond robot platforms into the broader robotics ecosystem, including components such as actuators. Baek Seung-tae, head of LG’s HS Business Division, discussed the plan at a press briefing in Berlin on Sept. 5. The headline also indicates that LG is preparing a bipedal home robot, but intends to place it in factories first to verify its safety.