XPENG

XPENG, a leading Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, has made waves in the robotics industry with its groundbreaking humanoid robot IRON, unveiled at the 2025 AI Day event. The next-generation XPENG IRON humanoid robot represents a leap forward in embodied AI, featuring extreme anthropomorphism that rivals competitors like Tesla's Optimus. IRON boasts a humanoid spine, bionic muscles, and fully covered flexible synthetic skin, allowing for customizable body shapes and a strikingly lifelike appearance that sparked viral debates online -- some even suspected a human was inside until XPENG's CEO demonstrated its mechanical internals live. This XPENG humanoid robot IRON stands approximately 1.73 meters tall, weighs around 70 kg, and incorporates over 200 degrees of freedom, including highly dexterous hands with 22 DoF each, enabling graceful catwalk strides, natural conversations, and complex interactions.
 
Powered by XPENG's advanced AI ecosystem, the IRON humanoid robot integrates three in-house Turing AI chips delivering 2,250 TOPS of computing power, alongside the second-generation Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model for seamless real-world tasks like folding laundry, guiding tours, or equipment inspection. As the industry's first humanoid to use all-solid-state batteries, IRON offers enhanced safety, energy density, and longevity, with features like 720° Eagle-Eye vision, a 3D curved facial display for expressions, and a "Fourth Law" ensuring privacy data never leaves the robot. XPENG's focus on human-like design solves key challenges in data collection and generalization, making IRON ideal for commercial applications in retail, offices, and beyond -- outpacing many XPENG humanoid robot alternatives in realism and versatility.
 
XPENG plans large-scale mass production of the IRON humanoid robot by the end of 2026, targeting initial deployments in service scenarios such as shopping guides, receptionists, and industrial inspections. An open SDK will empower global developers to expand its capabilities, positioning XPENG IRON as a frontrunner in the booming humanoid robotics market. With investments exceeding billions and a unified AI platform shared across EVs, robotaxis, and flying cars, XPENG is redefining mobility. Witness the future of embodied intelligence unfolding now.