LG Electronics introduced three commercial work robots for hotels, airports, and supermarkets at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018

Briefing

January 8, 2018

Briefing	LG CLOi’s Robot Trio – Introduced three new concept commercial work robots, Serving Robot, Porter Robot, and Shopping Cart Robot, for hotels, airports and supermarkets at CES 2018 Capabilities – Serving Robot can deliver meals and drinks, Porter Robot carries luggage to guests’ rooms, and Shopping Cart Robot assists shoppers by barcode scanning items and guiding them through aisles Physical Features – Bin-shaped, shorter than humans, use hidden wheels to move around, and have circular screens with bright-eyed digital faces LG’s Earlier Robots – Introduced Airport Guide Robot and Airport Cleaning Robot in January 2017, as well as Lawn Mowing Robot and Hub Robot, part of LG CLOi brand
Accelerator	Robotics
Market Disruption	Technology Unemployment
Sector	Consumer Durables, Information Technology
Organization	LG Corp.
Source	"LG exploring new commercial opportunities with expanding robot portfolio," LG Newsroom, http://www.lgnewsroom.com/; Choudhury, S., "Tech giant is rolling out new robots to replace workers in hotels, airports and supermarkets", CNBC, http://www.cnbc.com/; Pettit, H., "The robots that are coming for your job: LG reveals trio of 'friendly' droids that are set to replace workers in airports, hotels and supermarkets", Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/; "Robot automation will 'take 800 million jobs by 2030' - report," BBC, http://www.bbc.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	January 4, 2018

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