LG Teams With NVIDIA For AI Factory Transformation And GR00T Humanoid

LG Teams With NVIDIA For AI Factory Transformation And GR00T Humanoid

By Paul Lilly
Publication Date: 2026-08-14 09:13:00

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and LG Global Chairman Kwang-mo Koo – Image: NVIDIA

LG has announced a major strategic collaboration with NVIDIA focused on industrial automation and advanced robotics. The partnership centers around two core initiatives: accelerating AI-driven factory transformation and developing next-generation bipedal robotics powered by NVIDIA’s Isaac GR00T open reasoning humanoid foundation platform.

The two tech giants signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at NVIDIA’s headquarters. As part of the agreement, LG will validate LG CLOiD wheel-based robots at its washing machine manufacturing line in Tennessee, as well as build AI factory reference sites using NVIDIA’s DSX and Vera Rubin hardware, and tap NVIDIA’s DRIVE Hyperion tech to develop a next-gen AI-defined vehicle platform.

“The defining opportunity of physical AI is to give every machine the ability to understand the real world, reason and act safely alongside people—reshaping everyday life from the home and factory floor to the road,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Building on years of collaboration, LG…