Summary
XPeng IRON is a next-generation bipedal humanoid unveiled at XPeng AI Day in November 2025, featuring 82 degrees of freedom, three Turing AI chips delivering 2,250 TOPS, and an industry-first all-solid-state battery.
The next-generation XPeng IRON, unveiled on November 5, 2025, features 82 total degrees of freedom including 22 DOF per hand using the industry's smallest harmonic joints, enabling highly dexterous manipulation. Its onboard compute comprises three XPeng Turing AI chips delivering a combined 2,250 TOPS, and it is powered by an all-solid-state battery — an industry first for humanoid robots. The platform supports customizable male and female physiques and runs VLA 2.0 Physical AI software. A viral catwalk demo sparked widespread attention when the CEO unzipped the robot's skin on stage to prove it was not a human performer. Baosteel is an inspection use-case partner; mass production is targeted for the end of 2026.