LG has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nvidia to cooperate in robotics, and the two companies will unveil a jointly developed next-generation bipedal humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027, LG said Friday, Dow Jones reported.
A Physical AI Alliance
The agreement deepens the 'physical AI' alliance between LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, with humanoid robots the first area expected to yield visible results. LG has been previewing its own humanoid, Cloid, at research showcases in Seoul, while Nvidia brings its robotics stack — including Isaac and its GR00T foundation models — that has become a de facto software layer for humanoid developers worldwide. For LG, the partnership pairs its manufacturing and consumer-electronics muscle with Nvidia's AI compute platform as the race to commercialize humanoid robots intensifies.
Robot Race Context
The tie-up comes as global humanoid shipments surge — roughly 19,100 units in the first half of 2026, up 272 percent year over year — with Chinese vendors AgiBot and Unitree leading and Tesla ramping Optimus production in Fremont. Nvidia's Huang has argued that physical AI is the company's next growth engine, as its processors train most of the world's robot brains.
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