HumanoidsGeneral-purpose humanoid
IRON
by XPENG
IRON is a walking humanoid robot from Chinese electric-car maker XPENG. It has 76 joints that can move (21 in each hand). XPENG plans to use it first as a sales helper in its own stores. TechRepublic, 9 Sept 2026
- Evidence
- No customer evidence yet
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- 8 Sept 2026
01Can I get it?
Not yet
- Where it works today
- Not yet sold or delivered to customers. A production line opened in Guangzhou, China, in September 2026. Electrek, 7 Sept 2026
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- XPENG says IRON runs its AI on board and works without a remote human operator. Electrek notes this is the company's claim. Electrek, 7 Sept 2026
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- SaidNov 2025
In XPENG stores, office parks and factories by end of 2026
When it showed IRON, XPENG said the robot would appear in its stores, office parks and factories by the end of 2026. eWeek, 25 Nov 2025
Still pendingA production line opened in September 2026. XPENG now says the first robots will go to its own stores and campuses, with mass production by the end of 2026.
- Said24 Aug 2026
Deliveries in China and overseas in 2027
XPENG said it would launch IRON officially and start deliveries in China and other countries in 2027. Electrek, 24 Aug 2026
Still pending - Said24 Aug 2026
1 million robots a year by 2030
XPENG aims to build more than 1,000 IRON robots a month, and has floated a goal of 1 million by 2030. Electrek, 7 Sept 2026
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
IRON fell over during its first public appearance at a Shenzhen shopping mall. The report did not mention anyone being hurt. TechNode, 2 Feb 2026
On video
What it looks like, at stage 1
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
Autonomous Lab at the Paris Motor Show XPENG NGP Review Highlights
The XPENG P7 ran the preliminary rounds at the Hong Kong Stage.
XPENG Tech Talk with Owners
What Daily Life Looks Like With the XPENG X9
XPENG Humanoid Robot Real-Time Motion-Following Interaction
XPENG G9L: Big Enough for Rugby's Big BuildsHow we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo onlyThis robot
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
No pre-order, pilot, paying customer or clearance is on record yet.
What we couldn't confirm. XPENG has not disclosed a price or the production line's capacity. Exact AI Day date (reported as 5 Nov 2025) not confirmed from an opened page.
Sources
- 01TechRepublic, 9 Sept 2026
- 02Electrek, 7 Sept 2026
- 03CleanTechnica, 8 Sept 2026
- 04Electrek, 22 Oct 2026
- 05Electrek, 24 Aug 2026
- 06TechNode, 2 Feb 2026
- 07Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
- 08eWeek, 25 Nov 2025
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “IRON (XPENG): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/xpeng-iron. Checked 19 October 2026.