The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies LG Electronics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 7 sources back the record.
Overview
South Korean multinational electronics company developing service robots including CLOi line for home and commercial applications. Strategic investor in Bear robotics. ~$64B annual revenue.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Founded
Revenue
Robotics product
Bear Robotics investment
Appliance subscription
Incidents
Data & sources
Patent documents
6
Web sources
1
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company LG Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bear Robotics1× joint2 total
Most recent
- Bear Robotics Series C (2024)2024-03-12with Bear Roboticsoperating
LG Electronics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where LG Electronics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full LG Electronics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- William Cho CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Koo In-hwoisoleno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Koo In-hwoi Founder (LG Group/LG Electronics, founded 1958 as Goldstar)secondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for LG Electronics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- LG Electronics1 deployment
Recent coverage
LG Electronics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every LG Electronics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company LG Electronics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Bear Robotics Series C (2024)2024-03-12with Bear Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bear Robotics1× joint2 total
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Bear Roboticsmajority stake2025-01-24
Patent estate (6)
- US20110202175A1usptopendingassignee
- USD690478S1usptograntedgranted 2012-06-12assignee
- US20150197012A1usptopendingassignee
- US10383499B2usptograntedgranted 2019-08-20assignee
- USD893819S1usptograntedgranted 2020-03-03assignee
- US20130345922A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in LG Electronics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: LG Energy Solution
2026-08-23Supply: Battery packs for CLOi robots from LG Energy Solution
New supplierNew supplier: LG Innotek
2026-08-23Supply: Camera modules for robots from LG Innotek
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: Jetson for LG CLOi ServeBot from NVIDIA
New supplierNew supplier: Qualcomm
2026-08-23Supply: Snapdragon for LG CLOi robots from Qualcomm
AcquisitionAcquired Bear Robotics
2025-01-24Acquired Bear Robotics (majority_stake)
PartnershipBear Robotics Series C (2024)
2024-03-12Bear Robotics raised a $60 million Series C (announced March 12, 2024) led by LG Electronics, to expand its service/hospitality robots into new markets.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
LG Electronics logo
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
LG CLOi ServeBot: More Reliable Serving Specialist
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
LG CLOi: Smart Robot Solutions
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
CLOi HomeBot at Seoul, South Korea
Sources (1)
Market intelligence
Hiring signals
Role composition
Recent openings
- Procurement Specialist, Mechanical PartsBusiness
Farmers Branch, TX
- Operations
- Field Service Technician (Appliance Repair) - Louisville, KYOperations
Indiana ; Kentucky
- Operations
- Vice President, SKS & Builder SalesBusiness
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Investment AssociateBusiness
Santa Clara, CA
+4 more open roles tracked
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for LG Electronics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning LG Electronics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Meet LG’s Next-Gen SIGNATURE: The AI Fridge You Can Actually Talk To
LG Electronics has introduced during IFA 2026 its next-generation LG SIGNATURE refrigerator, integrating conversational artificial intelligence powered by Large Language Model…
IFA: LG expands AI Home platform
LG Electronics is expanding its AI Home platform with a text-based AI agent called ThinQ Claw, alongside new energy management functions and a European rollout of its ThinQ Pro…
LG to Unveil Its Next-Gen Humanoid Robot, Built on NVIDIA Isaac GR00T
LG Electronics announced it will unveil a next-generation bipedal humanoid robot in Q1 2027 built on NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T platform, deepening the LG-NVIDIA physical AI alliance…
Into the Omniverse: Physical AI Open Models and Robot, Autonomous Systems
NVIDIA introduced a suite of open physical AI models and frameworks at CES 2026, including Isaac GR00T for humanoid robotics, with global partners Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar,…
LG Introduces AI-Powered CLOi ServeBot for Hospitality and Healthcare
LG Electronics launched the CLOi ServeBot (LDLIM31), an autonomous door-type service robot for hospitality and healthcare applications.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lg-electronics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lg-electronics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b79ba0aa-a274-4261-bd33-a0da37081deb
- Revision history: /companies/lg-electronics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
You no longer have to worry about housework, chores, or laundry. An AI robot has arrived to help you with your household chores. At the CES tech show being held in Las Vegas, USA, the AI robot home assistant created by S
LG Electronics is undergoing a major shift, moving beyond consumer hardware into AI, robotics, and B2B solutions. CEO William Cho is driving long-term “structur
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
LG Electronics draws attention at the 67th percentile but verifies reality at the 11th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap +56.1, 6th widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Hiring posture signals commercial growth phase (103 open roles). Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 8, 2026