Culinary & Foodservice Friday, September 18, 2026

LG Electronics Acquires Majority Stake in Bear Robotics

LG Electronics acquired a 51% stake in Bear Robotics in January 2025 to expand its commercial robot presence and strengthen its connected kitchen and smart-home ecosystem via the LG ThinkQ platform.

The numbers

51% LG Electronics acquired a 51% stake in Bear Robotics.
74.4% 74.4% of restaurants find AI to be “very or extremely effective”.
$10 billion Smart restaurant robot industry expected to exceed $10 billion by 2030.
2,000 Serve’s plan to deploy 2,000 AI-powered delivery robots in the U.S.
13 gallons Serve’s Gen3 robots can carry 13 gallons of cargo.

Sources

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