Xpeng IRON (next generation)

2025-11-05 · Publisher : Xpeng · Domain : Robotics

At its 2025 AI Day, Xpeng unveils the next-generation IRON: humanoid spine, bionic muscles, soft skin, 22-DoF hands, three Turing chips and an all-solid-state battery. Target: mass production by late 2026.

### Background On November 5, 2025, at its AI Day, carmaker Xpeng unveiled the next generation of its IRON humanoid, one year after the first version. The robot walked the stage with a gait so natural that the company opened its covering to prove no human was hiding inside. Unlike the first IRON, the new version has a female silhouette and supports different body shapes. ### Specifications | Item | Value announced by Xpeng | |---|---| | Body | humanoid spine, bionic muscles, full-body soft skin | | Degrees of freedom | 82 in total, including 22 per hand | | Compute | three in-house Turing chips (3,000 effective TOPS per Xpeng; press also cites 2,250 TOPS) | | Power | all-solid-state battery, billed as a first for a humanoid | | AI | in-house physical-world model combining VLT, VLA and VLM | ### Why it matters Xpeng reuses its automotive stack (chips, driving models, batteries) for the humanoid. It first targets service uses such as reception, in-store guidance and crowd management, plus industrial inspection, with an announced partnership with Baosteel. ### Key takeaways IRON is one of the most ambitious humanoid projects from a carmaker. Xpeng targets mass production by late 2026; the production line went live in September 2026, with deliveries announced for 2027. Compute figures vary by source and remain claimed values.

Tags : Humanoïde, Chine, Constructeur automobile, Bipède