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LG partners with Nvidia to build AI robots and self-driving hardware
LG partners with Nvidia to build AI robots and self-driving hardware
LG Corp chairman Kwang Mo Koo and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signed an MOU at Nvidia's Santa Clara headquarters to collaborate on AI-powered robots, self-driving vehicles, and AI data centres. LG plans…
The Story in Brief
LG Corp chairman Kwang Mo Koo and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signed an MOU at Nvidia's Santa Clara headquarters to collaborate on AI-powered robots, self-driving vehicles, and AI data centres. LG plans to unveil a humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027, using Nvidia's Jetson Thor chip and Isaac GR00T model. A wheeled robot, LG CLOiD, will debut later this year on LG's washing machine line in Tennessee.
LG also aims to build a reference AI data centre by early 2027 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin, followed by an 80 MW 'LG AI Factory' in Cheonan, South Korea, by 2028. The factory will train LG's robot AI models and serve as a turnkey showcase for other clients. Separately, LG will develop next-generation autonomous driving systems based on Nvidia's Drive Hyperion platform for global carmakers.
The Indian Opinion
The LG-Nvidia partnership is the latest in a string of robot-humanoid announcements that promise more than they deliver. Indian readers should note that mass-market deployment of humanoid robots in factories or homes remains years away, and the 2027 target is ambitious. Meanwhile, the real news is the wheeled CLOiD robot entering a washing machine line this year, a modest but concrete step. Will LG's humanoid robot actually work outside a demo by 2027?
Source: gsmarena.com
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