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LG’s CLOiD robot can load the washer for you, slowly

LG’s chore-completing robot made multiple cameos during the company’s CES keynote.

LG’s CLOiD robot took the stage at CES 2026 on Monday, offering our first look at the bot in action. During LG’s keynote, the company showed how CLOiD can load your washer or dryer – albeit slowly – as part of its goal of creating a “zero labor home.”

CLOiD waved both of its five-finger hands as it rolled out on stage. Brandt Varner, LG’s vice president of sales in its home appliances division, followed behind and asked the bot to take care of the wet towel he was holding. “Sure, I’ll get the laundry started,” CLOiD said in a masculine-sounding voice. “Let me show everyone what I can do.”

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