Facts

• Company: XPeng Inc.
• Product type: Humanoid
• Status: development
• Capability focus: Generalist

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

IRON is XPeng humanoid robot program for physical-AI work in retail, factory and human-facing environments. The latest version emphasizes human-like movement, dexterous hands, bionic design and AI-driven motion control.

Overview

IRON is XPeng humanoid robot program for physical-AI work in retail, factory and human-facing environments. The latest version emphasizes human-like movement, dexterous hands, bionic design and AI-driven motion control.

Market context

IRON is XPeng's humanoid robot platform for embodied AI, bipedal locomotion and future workplace automation.

• Target environment: Robotics labs, automotive-adjacent development settings, controlled commercial sites and demonstration environments.
• Workflow context: Bipedal movement, whole-body control, manipulation, human-robot interaction and embodied AI development.
• Deployment model: Humanoid robot platform developed inside XPeng's broader physical AI and mobility technology program.
• Commercial maturity: Public humanoid platform shown by XPeng as part of its robotics and AI technology roadmap.
• Adoption constraints: Requires controlled deployment, safety validation, task software, manipulation reliability and production maturity.
• Market position: Automotive-group humanoid program connecting XPeng's AI, mobility and robotics development capabilities.
• Adjacent products: Humanoid robot for embodied AI development, demonstrations and future workplace task automation.

Audience

Retail

Workflow

Bipedal movement, whole-body control, manipulation, human-robot interaction and embodied AI development.

Capability

generalist

Deployment environment

Robotics labs, automotive-adjacent development settings, controlled commercial sites and demonstration environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Retail
• Workflow: Bipedal movement, whole-body control, manipulation, human-robot interaction and embodied AI development.
• Capability: generalist
• Deployment environment: Robotics labs, automotive-adjacent development settings, controlled commercial sites and demonstration environments.

Specifications

• Dof: 82
• Hand Dof: 22 DoF
• Battery System: All-solid-state battery
• Actuation: Small harmonic joints for 1:1 hand size
• Compute Model: Three Turing AI chips
• AI Compute: 3000 TOPS effective computing power
• Interaction Model: Curved display face and soft skin with touch sensors
• Deployment Maturity: XPeng targets mass production by the end of 2026

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial humanoid platform, Humanoid robot platform
• Workflow: Humanoid workplace tasks
• Capability: Whole-body control
• Deployment Environment: Factory floor
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Record / Articles

• 2025-11-05 - Article - XPENG unveils next-generation Iron humanoid at AI Day, targeting mass production by end of 2026

Timeline / Research

• 2026-06-10 - Org Change - XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng takes direct control of robotics unit - XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng said he would personally lead the company's robotics business effective immediately.
• 2026-06-03 - Market Signal - XPENG says IRON humanoid is moving toward mass-production integration - XPENG said IRON has made hardware and software progress toward a mass-production-ready version.
• 2025-11-05 - Partnership - XPENG names Baosteel ecosystem partner for IRON robot - XPENG said IRON will be stationed at Baosteel for complex industrial fields such as inspection.
• 2025-11-05 - Demonstration - XPENG's Iron humanoid robot performs 82 motions in demo - • XPENG unveiled its next-generation Iron humanoid robot at the 2025 AI Day event in Guangzhou, China.
• 2025-11-05 - Product Launch - XPENG unveils next-gen IRON humanoid with 2026 mass-production target - XPENG unveiled its next-generation IRON humanoid as part of its AI Day update.
• 2025-03-11 - Market Signal - Xpeng Motors plans $13.8 billion investment in humanoid robots - • Xpeng Motors announced plans to invest up to 100 billion yuan ($13.8 billion) in humanoid robotics over the next two decade…

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Iron Mass Production Target No Units - large-scale mass production targeted by end of 2026 - 2025-11-05 - XPENG said it aims to achieve large-scale mass production of high-level humanoid robots by the end of 2026 and th…

Comparable Systems

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• Kepler K2 - Kepler Robotics - Humanoid
• Apollo - Apptronik - Humanoid
• Atlas - Boston Dynamics - Humanoid
• Vanar Generation-1 - Vanar Robots - Humanoid
• Walker S1 - UBTECH Robotics - Humanoid Platform
• Walker S - UBTECH Robotics - Humanoid Platform
• Walker S2 - UBTECH Robotics - Humanoid Platform