LG, Nvidia Accelerate Humanoid Robot Training Data Collection

LG Electronics and Nvidia are stepping up their robotics partnership to accelerate efforts to build training data for humanoid robots. The South Korean tech giant is deploying its CLOiD robots at a data factory under construction in Seoul, which will generate and collect data for robot training across various simulated environments.

The data collected from these tasks will be processed using Nvidia's robotics solutions, including data augmentation and synthetic data generation, before being fed back into the training process. LG Electronics expects to collect 100,000 hours of robot training data at the facility by the end of this year, equivalent to nearly 12 years of continuous operation.

The company plans to use the data to advance its robot foundation model, a core AI model that helps robots perceive their surroundings, understand instructions, and perform physical tasks. This is particularly important for humanoids, which need to handle a wide range of objects and adapt to changing environments rather than repeat a limited set of programmed movements.

LG Electronics CEO Lyu Jae-cheol said the company will secure competitiveness in physical AI by bringing together its core capabilities under the 'One LG' approach and through strategic cooperation with global partners. He added that LG aims to become a total robotics solutions provider.