XPeng · industrial humanoid
Iron
first generation
XPeng's first full-size humanoid, 1.78 m and 70 kg, shown at its 2024 AI Day. Reports give 60-62 active joints (about 200 DOF counting passive joints and hands).
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 178 cmTaller than 84%
- Weight
- 70 kgHeavier than 60%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: Not for sale; XPeng's site shows IRON only as technology (no order or reservation).
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from XPeng.
Real-world use
Trialled on XPeng's own car production line in Guangzhou.
Maker
XPengCompany · founded 2014 · Guangzhou, ChinaPublic company (NYSE: XPEV; HKEX: 9868). Robotics unit Dogotix: about $900 million committed at about $6.3 billion post-money (Aug 2026), IDG lead…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Iron (first generation) is taller than 84% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Iron (first generation) is heavier than 60% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Iron (first generation) has more joints than 92% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Iron (first generation) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
#21 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- dexterous
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 62 joints
- Actuators & motors
- More than 60 joints; XPeng claims 200 degrees of freedom overall.
- Compute
- XPeng Turing AI chip with 40-core CPU, able to run 30-billion-parameter models.
- AI & software
- Shares AI technology with XPeng's smart EVs.
- Other details
- 173-178 cm, 70 kg.
Lineage
Every XPeng humanoid in order.
XPeng also makes 1 vehicle. See every XPeng robot
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Not for saleNot for sale; XPeng's site shows IRON only as technology (no order or reservation).
- Built
- Internal units only.
- Where it is sold or used
- China (XPeng plants and stores).
- Customers and pilots
- XPeng's own P7+ production line (2024).
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
XPeng (own plant) · XPeng P7+ production line · since 2024-11
XPeng said IRON robots were helping on its own production line for the P7+ car. Interesting Engineering
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- XPeng opens IRON production line
Over 80% of core processes automated; mass production by end-2026 and sales in 2027.
CnEVPost - XPeng carves out robotics unit Dogotix
About $900 million committed at about $6.3 billion post-money; IDG leads, Tencent and Alibaba join.
CnEVPost - XPeng unveils next-gen IRON
Successor with bionic muscles, flexible skin and 2,250 TOPS of compute.
CnEVPost - XPeng unveils Iron at AI Day 2024
Iron is already helping build the P7+ EV on XPeng's line.
Interesting Engineering
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure |  Iron (first generation)XPeng |  MATRIX-1Matrix RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  Forerunner K1Kepler Exploration RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  T1 (T1 Pro)Sichuan Tianlian Robot (TLIBOT, formerly Sichuan Fude Robot)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-11 | 2024-12-26 | 2024-01 | 2024-04 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 178 cm | 180 cm | 178 cm | 160 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg | 67 kg | 85 kg | 43 kg |
| Joints | 62 | — | 40 | 41 |
| Speed | — | 7.6 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 10 kg | — | 10 kg |
| Battery | — | 5 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $20,000 | — |
Sources
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