{"id":245240,"date":"2026-10-11T17:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/the-big-reveal-chinese-firm-cuts-open-its-robot-to-prove-its-not-human"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T22:08:28","slug":"the-big-reveal-chinese-firm-cuts-open-its-robot-to-prove-its-not-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/the-big-reveal-chinese-firm-cuts-open-its-robot-to-prove-its-not-human","title":{"rendered":"The big reveal: Chinese firm cuts open its robot to prove it\u2019s not human"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xpeng\u2019s humanoid robot \u201cIron\u201d will enter mass production later this year, with deliveries starting as early as the first quarter of next year. 2027 will mark the beginning of the era of humanoid robots.<\/p>\n

1. The Robot: XPeng \u201cIRON\u201d<\/p>\n

- Physical Specs: IRON is a high-end general-purpose humanoid robot standing about 1.73 meters tall and weighing approximately 70 kg.<\/p>\n

- Capabilities: It features 200 degrees of freedom (DoF) for highly fluid motion, including 22-DoF dexterous hands, and 720\u00b0 panoramic vision.<\/p>\n

- AI Compute: The robot is powered by three of XPeng\u2019s self-developed \u201cTuring\u201d AI chips, delivering an effective compute power of up to 2,250 TOPS, enabling advanced \u201cPhysical AI\u201d and embodied intelligence.<\/p>\n

2. Mass Production Timeline (Late 2026) <\/p>\n

- Production Line Live: On September 8, 2026, XPeng officially commissioned its automated humanoid robot production line in Guangzhou, China.<\/p>\n

- First Unit: The very first IRON robot successfully completed automated assembly and autonomously walked off the production line, marking a major milestone toward scale manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u201cThe big reveal: Chinese firm cuts open its robot to prove it\u2019s not human\u201d | ><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xpeng\u2019s humanoid robot \u201cIron\u201d will enter mass production later this year, with deliveries starting as early as the first quarter of next year. 2027 will mark the beginning of the era of humanoid robots. 1. The Robot: XPeng \u201cIRON\u201d \u2014 Physical Specs: IRON is a high-end general-purpose humanoid robot standing about 1.73 meters tall and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,39,1878,45,1512,219,6,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-economics","category-employment","category-finance","category-mobile-phones","category-physics","category-robotics-ai","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}