On September 7, Chinese EV manufacturer XPENG announced that it has launched the production line for its humanoid robot, "IRON." The company plans to begin mass production within 2026 and introduce the robot to the Chinese and global markets in 2027.
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XPENG Launches Production Line for Humanoid Robot IRON, Targeting 2027 Market Entry
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Over 80% of the primary processes on the company's production line are automated, utilizing a system that integrates quality control frameworks developed through EV manufacturing. On X (formerly Twitter), CEO He Xiaopeng posted that the sight of a robot walking autonomously off the production line "moved my heart the most."
IRON is characterized by a design that covers mechanical components with soft materials mimicking skin. It features 76 degrees of freedom in the torso and 21 in each hand. Additionally, it is equipped with three proprietary AI chips (Turing AI chips), which the company says enable autonomous task execution through AI processing on the edge device.