LG Electronics and NVIDIA Team Up to Push Robotics Into Homes and Factories

TLDR

• LG Electronics and NVIDIA signed a memorandum of understanding on August 13 to collaborate on robotics and physical AI
• LG is building a Data Factory in Seoul that will house hundreds of robots by year-end
• The facility will generate 100,000 hours of training data by end of 2025 using real and synthetic methods
• LG will use NVIDIA’s Omniverse, Cosmos, and Isaac platforms to advance its Robot Foundation Model
• LG created a new Robotics Business Center last month, reporting directly to the CEO

LG Electronics and NVIDIA signed a memorandum of understanding on August 13 at NVIDIA’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The deal focuses on speeding up the commercialization of robotics using physical AI technology.

Just days later, senior NVIDIA officials visited LG’s Yangjae R&D Campus in Seoul to check on progress at the company’s Data Factory, which is currently under construction.

The Data Factory spans four floors and covers 10,000 square meters. It is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year and will house several hundred robots.

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