LG's CLOiD Robot Slowly Loads Laundry, Promises Zero Labor Home—Eventually
KEY POINTS
- •LG introduced the CLOiD robot at CES 2026, demonstrating chore capability for home appliances.
- •Brandt Varner, LG’s VP of sales in the home appliance division, handed CLOiD a wet towel on stage.
- •CLOiD started loading laundry slowly, embodying LG’s vision of a futuristic 'zero labor home.'
At CES 2026, LG unveiled CLOiD, their chore-completing robot, whose highlight show was a painfully slow but courteous laundry loading demo. On Monday, Brandt Varner, LG’s VP of home appliance sales, heroically handed a wet towel to CLOiD, who replied in a masculine voice, 'Sure, I'll get the laundry started.' CLOiD waved both its five-fingered hands as if prepping for a ballet recital, underscoring LG’s dream of a 'zero labor home'—because nothing says automation like a robot that takes its sweet time. Perhaps next CES it will fold socks at blistering snail speed.
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(1 of 3)LG’s CLOiD robot just taught the world that robots will do chores exactly as fast as your patience expires. Spoiler: patience is short.
Meet CLOiD: a polite robot who promises zero labor but prefers to take laundry breaks at its own leisurely pace.
Finally, a home robot that matches human laziness perfectly—it loads laundry slowly and does nothing else fast.
Source: Theverge | Published: 1/5/2026 | Author: Emma Roth
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