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Waiter! More robots please!

LG has acquired a majority stake in Bear Robotics — an AI-powered service robot startup — to integrate with its own “CLOi” commercial robotics business. LG invested $60 million into the startup for a 21 percent stake last March, but the value of the new deal hasn’t been disclosed.

LG’s Lee Sam-soo says the investment reflects the company’s belief that robots have an “inevitable role in the future.”

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