LG Electronics Establishes Robotics Business Center Directly Under CEO

LG Electronics announced on June 30, 2026, that it will establish a Robotics Business Center effective July 1. The center will report directly to CEO Lyu Jae-cheol and be led by Song Si-yong, who has held senior positions at LG’s Production Technology Research Institute. LG will establish a dedicated organization for the data factory and build a large-scale data factory at its Yangjae R&D Campus, with operations set to begin this year. The high-quality operational data collected will be used to advance LG’s robot foundation model (RFM). LG is preparing domestic actuator production based on more than 60 years of motor technology.

The key point is that LG is moving quickly to consolidate business development, sales and operations into one organization, while also bringing robot-training data collection in-house, as it prepares to expand beyond home robots into commercial facilities and factories. LG said operational data collected at the large-scale data factory, scheduled to begin operating this year, will be used to advance its robot foundation model, and that it is also preparing domestic actuator production. This points to an approach that encompasses commercialization of not only robots, but also training data and core components.