Household robots are all anyone’s talking about – but will they catch on?

We might only be a month into 2026 but a key trend that’s standing out – for both good and bad reasons – is the emergence of household robots. Powered by AI, LG CLOiD uses AI and vision language models to do household chores. In the head of the LG CLOiD is its ‘brain’ which is equipped with a chipset, sensors, speaker , display and cameras. The videos showed LG CLOiD moving slowly, finding it hard to grab corners and messily folding clothes. But – and this is a big but although it’s likely to be expected – I can’t imagine these household robots being cheap.