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In an unusually candid documentary-style essay following the commissioning of XPENG’s humanoid assembly line, CEO He Xiaopeng reflects on six years of failures, why the company avoids stage demos, and how EV intelligence translates to physical AI.
XPENG has officially launched its automotive-grade assembly line for the IRON humanoid, achieving a world-first autonomous walk-off milestone
During a technical workshop in Beijing, XPENG's Mi Liangchuan revealed that while robotic AI is scaling rapidly, hardware reliability and a lack of clear data strategies remain significant hurdles for the 'Iron' humanoid.
Xpeng is transitioning from prototypes to physical infrastructure, announcing a 110,000-square-meter production base in Guangzhou to industrialize its "Iron" humanoid platform.
In an internal letter and a festive social media demonstration, He Xiaopeng reaffirms a goal for IRON to become the world’s first mass-produced high-level humanoid.
A new technical deep-dive from XPENG Robotics reveals the 'body logic' behind the IRON humanoid, including a rebuilt reinforcement learning stack and proprietary algorithms used to simulate complex 3D-printed lattice muscles.
Xpeng’s "Iron" humanoid robot took to a public stage in Shenzhen for a surprise interaction event, showcasing its "human-like" gait and "bionic" design to weekend shoppers.
CEO He Xiaopeng confirms the first "automotive-grade" engineering trial unit of the IRON robot has rolled off the line, signaling a major push toward mass production later this year.
During its Q3 earnings call, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng confirmed the ''Iron'' robot will enter mass production in late 2026, a timeline that places it in a direct race with Tesla''s Optimus.
A new technical deep-dive from robotics analyst Scott Walter reveals the ambitious, and "crazy," hardware inside Xpeng''s new humanoid, including a 5-DoF waist, a 2-DoF scapula for added reach, and a relocated knee actuator. The analysis also confirms the bot on stage was a hybrid, using older-generation hands.
A new video from a Chinese journalist provides an up-close look at the ''Iron'' humanoid robot Xpeng displayed at its AI Day. The inspection confirms details about its "bionic muscle"-like padding and, significantly, appears to validate earlier speculation that the display models do not yet feature the new ''dexterous hands'' detailed in the keynote.
In a new video, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng shows a bare-metal 'Iron' robot dancing. He claims the human-like motion, which sparked debate at AI Day, is due to a new 'human-like spine' and an AI model that can learn complex movements from human data in just two hours.
