LG HOM-BOT® INTELLIGENCE RATED HIGHEST BY ROBOTICS LAB

SEOUL, July 18, 2017 — LG Electronics revolutionized the vacuum cleaner
industry 16 years ago with the commercialization of one of the world’s first robotic
vacuum cleaners. LG engineers took advantage of the head start and years of
home appliance robotics experience to develop this year’s HOM-BOT®
Turbo+, which was just recognized by Seoul
National University (SNU) Robotics & Intelligent Systems Lab, the robotics program in the nation’s top
university, as the most human-like robotic vacuum cleaner in the industry.

Artificial intelligence, or
AI, which is at the core of all of today’s advanced robots, has many
definitions, one of them being the ability to learn from experience. Robots,
contrary to science fiction and Hollywood, do not need to be intelligent but
they must be machines capable of performing some type of work. Most of today’s
best robotic vacuum cleaners have the ability to learn. However, not all robot
vacuums learn at the same cognitive level, according to the SNU Robotics Lab results.

The university tested robot
vacuum cleaners from leading manufacturers to measure their intelligence in the
three areas of perception, judgment and action and classified the results into one
of three levels of intelligence. The HOM-BOT Turbo+ earned the highest marks, a
level the testers labeled Child (the
others being Ape and Dolphin) because the SNU Robotics Lab
equated the learning ability of the HOM-BOT Turbo+ to that of a six- or
seven-year-old adolescent. By utilizing the convolutional neural network (CNN)
technique LG engineers are able to give the robot the ability to distinguish
between a human and a dog by analyzing stored image data. The LG robot vacuum’s
acuity of perception and judgment – two of the core facets of a high performing
AI – improved significantly with the incorporation of LG DeepThinQ™ technology
in the latest model, rising from Ape
level two years prior.

What separates LG HOM-BOT
Turbo+ with DeepThinQ from competing models is its ability to not only recognize
obstacles and chart the most efficient course around the home, but its ability
to allow for human intervention. For example, when the vacuum comes across a
human, it waits for a brief moment to allow the individual time to move out of
the way. However, for furniture and other immobile obstructions, the LG robot
vacuum knows not to wait and simply goes around and continues cleaning. It’s
this kind of analysis which SNU Robotics Lab found to be unique and noteworthy
in the category.

“At LG we take tremendous pride
in developing not only the best appliances but the smartest appliances as well,”
said Song Dae-hyun, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air
Solutions Company. “And
what we’ve learned in the home is also being applied to our newest robots
outside the home, such as our Airport Robot, which will be going into service
later this month at Incheon International Airport.”

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