Humanoids of the Future | Humanoid Robots

XPeng Unveils a Humanoid Robot with Interesting Form

    XPeng has expanded beyond auto manufacturing and announced the Iron humanoid robot. The company announced that it will begin mass production of domestic humanoids for the first time.

   Unexpectedly, the mechanical humanoid appeared in the form of a woman. Her movements are so organic and fluid that those present even wondered if a real person was hiding within.

   Iron took seven years and $7 billion to develop.
The robot is equipped with XPeng's own Turing chips, which perform 2,250 trillion operations per second! By comparison, a car requires much less computing power.

   The kit includes a solid-state battery, the first in the industry. The robot's arms have 22 degrees of freedom, capable of complex manipulations. Add to this a flexible spine (the robot can bend like a human), synthetic muscles, and soft skin—and it becomes clear that this is more than just hardware, but a high-tech achievement.

Starting in 2026, Iron will appear in XPeng stores, both in commercials and in-store. This is where the robot is truly useful: attracting attention, interacting with customers, and demonstrating products.

Household appliances are being adopted as car manufacturers, and automakers, in turn, are starting to produce robots (remember Tesla's Optimus, too). Time will tell how all this will play out.