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LG Electronics Produces Humanoid Robot Joint 'Axium' Early

LG Electronics has accelerated mass production of AXIUM, a proprietary actuator for humanoid robots, ahead of schedule to capture early market share in the rapidly growing robotics sector. The company plans to deploy 300+ units of its LG Cloid home robot to a data factory this year to gather field verification data and scale production for external sales.

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The Wire takeaway

LG's early-stage actuator production and data-factory flywheel signals a major OEM moving vertically into robotics core components—critical intelligence for founders in robotic middleware, simulation, or alternative actuator tech competing for design-wins.

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Topics: Robotics · Manufacturing Tech · robotics · actuators · manufacturing-scaling · supply-chain · hardware-infrastructure

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