The investment, announced Tuesday, was channeled through LG Technology Ventures, the conglomerate's corporate venture capital arm.
Dexmate, founded by PhDs from MIT, UC San Diego and Carnegie Mellon University, manufactures humanoid robots whose hardware has been adopted as a standard research platform by global robotics AI developers.
Its flagship model, Vega, forgoes bipedal legs in favor of an omnidirectional wheeled base, a design choice that prioritizes stability and endurance over human-like locomotion for industrial use.
The robot features 36 degrees of freedom and dual arms capable of carrying a combined payload of about 15 kilograms, with a single charge sustaining more than 20 hours of continuous operation. Its wheeled lower body offers a more stable platform than bipedal counterparts, making it well-suited for deployment in logistics centers and manufacturing plants.
The deal expands LG CNS' robot hardware portfolio to include wheeled humanoids alongside bipedal and quadruped models it had already secured. The company said it plans to bundle the hardware with a robot foundation model and its proprietary operation and training platform to offer what it calls a "full-stack RX service" for industrial clients.
"This investment is a strategic move to organically combine robot hardware, foundation models and our platform to enable large-scale robot operations and accelerate deployment across industrial sites," said Lee Jun-ho, head of LG CNS' smart logistics & city business division.
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