LG is bringing a new home robot demo to CES 2026, aiming squarely at the tasks most people would like to hand over. The LG CLOiD home robot is presented as a helper that can perform routines for your connected devices, not just answer or roll around the living room.
What attracts attention are laundry and breakfast. In the CES scenario, CLOiD starts a wash cycle after you leave, then comes back when the cycle is finished and takes care of the dry load. LG also shows a breakfast flow that starts with checking the contents of the fridge and ends with cooking.
LG also makes it clear that this robot is not intended to be a standalone device. CLOiD is described as a moving control point for a ThinQ connected home, with a screen, cameras and sensors, as well as voice-based generative AI to help coordinate device actions. There’s no price, shipping date or release region yet, so it’s a show floor reveal and not a purchase decision yet.
Tasks as a headline demo
Doing laundry sounds easy until you’re the one stuck folding it at night. This is why the laundry sequence lands first. CLOiD starts the cycle and folds and stacks the clothes once they are dry. If the demo holds up, it will be a weekly time saver and not a novelty.
Breakfast is the other highlight. Presented as an intermediary for kitchen appliances, the robot performs a routine so you don’t have to operate multiple controls to start a simple morning.
More controller than companion
LG doesn’t portray CLOiD as a chatty sidekick. It’s more like a moving control center that can interpret a request and then trigger the right appliance actions via ThinQ.
The bigger promise is keeping it. Recognizing what’s in front of it is one thing. When clutter occurs in real homes, robots usually fail to keep a task on track.
What to look for at CES
If you see CLOiD on the ground, focus on recovery. Watch how he reacts when something is wrong, such as a door that’s stuck, a laundry basket that’s overloaded, or a command that’s worded awkwardly.
They also want clarity around privacy and security controls, especially when cameras and voice are involved. Until LG announces a launch window and price, the wisest takeaway is simple. Take a look at what LG expects next from a connected home and pay attention to whether the demo looks repeatable.
