IRON
About
About IRON
IRON uses a human-scale spine, muscle-inspired actuation and flexible exterior covering, with 82 degrees of freedom across the body and 22 in each hand. Three Turing AI chips provide a published 3,000 TOPS for XPeng's physical-world models, which combine vision, language, interaction and action generation on the robot.
XPeng introduced the current generation at its November 2025 AI Day and named guided tours, retail assistance and industrial inspection as early application directions. Baosteel was announced as an ecosystem partner for industrial exploration. XPeng targets large-scale production by the end of 2026 and plans to open an SDK, with both programmes forming part of its development roadmap.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: 2025 XPENG AI Day, Guangzhou SciencePark, Intended commercial visitor venues, Intended Baosteel industrial exploration
- Bipedal walking
Demonstrated - 2025-11-05 - Walk the runway during the next-generation IRON unveiling. - environment: 2025 XPENG AI Day, Guangzhou SciencePark
Source - Tour guiding
Claimed - Provide guided tours and shopping guidance in intended commercial venues. - environment: Intended commercial visitor venues
Source - Robotic inspection
Claimed - Perform intended industrial inspection as part of exploration with Baosteel. - environment: Intended Baosteel industrial exploration
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Operations
- Production Setup
gradual mass production underway - 2026-09-17 - China - XPENG said its humanoid-robot programme has begun gradual mass production.
Source - Operating Metric
>80% core-process automation - 2026-09-08 - XPeng humanoid production line - China - XPeng commissioned its dedicated IRON line and reports automation exceeding 80% across core production processes.
Source - Production Capacity
more than 1,000 robots/month by end-2026 - 2026-03-20 - XPeng humanoid robot full-chain mass-production base - China - XPeng targets IRON monthly production capacity above 1,000 robots by the end of 2026. Annualized, the disclosed floor is above 12,000 robots per year; this is a capacity target, not achieved output.
Source - Production Setup
planned full-chain production base - 2026-02-25 - XPeng humanoid robot full-chain mass-production base - China - XPeng announced a planned full-chain humanoid production base in Guangzhou covering development validation, pilot production and scaled manufacturing. The source described the project plan rather than an opened facility.
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Deployments
- Commercial Activity
in-store shopping-guide work planned from Q1 2027 - 2026-06-03 - XPeng - retail stores - XPeng plans to put IRON to work as an in-store shopping guide at its offline retail outlets from Q1 2027, following mass-production integration. This is a deployment roadmap, not a live commercial deployment.
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Research
- XPACE: Joint World and Action Modeling from Heterogeneous Experience
2026-09-15 - Research Publication - XPENG Robotics' world-action model predicts robot actions and future video; IRON tests examine human-to-robot transfer and simulator-generated recovery training.
Source - Inside Fe0: What Cross-Embodiment Data Teaches an Embodied Foundation Model
2026-06-01 - Research Publication - Analyzes what large cross-embodiment data teaches an embodied foundation model under minimal in-domain humanoid anchors.
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Resources
Media library
- IRON exposed humanoid structure
image · XPENG
Source - IRON hand articulation
image · XPENG
Source - IRON dynamic walking pose
image · XPENG
Source - Why XPENG IRON is human-like
video · XPENG
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Timeline
- XPeng commissions dedicated IRON production line
2026-09-08 - Production Milestone - More than 80 percent of core manufacturing processes were automated, following an automotive-grade quality system. The September 2026 configuration had 76 body degrees of freedom, 21 per hand and three Turing chips rated at up to 2,250 TOPS. The company planned volume production by the end of 2026, followed by official market launch and deliveries in China and overseas in 2027.
Source - XPeng targets monthly IRON capacity above 1,000 robots
2026-07-15 - Market Signal - The commercial roadmap placed sales-assistant roles at Chinese stores in the first quarter of 2027, followed by overseas stores. The planned Guangzhou base spanned research validation, small-batch trials and scaled manufacturing across approximately 110,000 square metres.
Source - XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng takes direct control of robotics business
2026-06-10 - Org Change - The change followed the departure of robotics product-planning lead Shi Xiaoxin, a founding member of the IRON programme. XPeng planned mass production and initial delivery for the fourth quarter of 2026, with showroom guidance in China targeted for the first quarter of 2027. The business brought together hardware, AI models, supply chain, manufacturing and marketing teams.
Source - XPeng announces Guangzhou humanoid production-base project
2026-02-25 - Production Milestone - The Guangtang Science and Technology City embodied-intelligence park was planned to cover approximately 110,000 square metres. The project was designed to accommodate research validation, small-batch trial production and scaled manufacturing, with robot workshops and supporting facilities in its first phase.
Source - XPeng names Baosteel as IRON ecosystem partner
2025-11-05 - Partnership - Baosteel chairman Zou Jixin identified inspection in complex industrial environments as an application to investigate. XPeng planned to open the robot SDK to global developers and prioritize initial guided-tour, shopping-assistance and visitor-routing scenarios.
Source - XPeng unveils next-generation IRON humanoid
2025-11-05 - Product Launch - The announced design used a humanoid spine, bionic muscles and flexible skin, with 82 body degrees of freedom and 22 degrees of freedom per hand. The platform combined three Turing AI chips, all-solid-state batteries and a VLT, VLA and VLM software stack. XPeng targeted large-scale production by the end of 2026 and planned initial commercial service scenarios such as shopping assistance and guided tours.
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Context
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.