1 min readCES is only a week or two away, but LG is already discussing the robots, laptops and home entertainment tech it plans to bring to the tradeshow. The most eye-catching item here is the new LG Smart Home AI Assistant.
Built under the banner of the brand's broader vision of a "Zero Labour Home", the two-legged robot is a blend of portable smart home hubs, security cameras and voice assistants. At a glance, it looks pretty similar to the likes of Amazon's Astro.
Under the hood, the LG Smart Home AI Assistant is powered by Qualcomm's RB5 chipset. The unit also features a built-in camera, speaker, humidity, temperature, and air sensors.
Aside from having legs, the big difference between this and LG robots of the past (like the CLOi ServeBot) is that the new LG Smart Home AI Assistant is capable of multi-model and natural language processing. The big picture pitch here is that it's able to interpret context from both what it sees and what you say to it.
For example, the LG Smart Home AI Assistant is able to patrol your home when you aren't around and help you save on energy by remotely turning off unused smart appliances around the house.
According to LG's president of Home Appliance & Air Solution Lyu Jae-cheol, the goal here is to offer a hyper-personalised AI agent that can keep your smart home under control when you aren't around and manage it in a way that suits your mood when you are.
