# XPeng IRON at Shanghai: deployment

Canonical ID: `0ff18f9c-9c5a-4d94-a7d7-d996bc74bd60`

XPENG IRON humanoid robot deployed at Baosteel Group facilities in Shanghai as part of an announced ecosystem partnership. At the XPENG AI Day event on November 5, 2025, XPeng named Baosteel as an ecosystem partner where IRON would be stationed to explore application scenarios -- with the focus on industrial inspection and complex operational tasks suited to a steel manufacturing environment.

Baosteel is one of China's largest steel producers, operating major blast furnace and rolling mill facilities in Shanghai's Baoshan district. The steel-making environment presents demanding conditions (heat, heavy machinery, complex layouts) that make it a meaningful real-world proving ground for humanoid robot durability and dexterity.

This deployment is part of XPeng's broader strategy to validate IRON in industrial settings before mass production, which targets the end of 2026. XPeng also confirmed that IRON has been undergoing factory testing at XPeng's own Guangzhou EV assembly plant, with the Baosteel partnership extending that validation to a third-party heavy-industrial environment.

## Key facts

- **Partnership type:** Ecosystem partner -- IRON stationed at Baosteel for scenario exploration
- **Tasks:** Industrial inspection and complex operational scenarios in steel manufacturing environment
- **Announced:** November 5, 2025 at XPENG AI Day
- **Context:** Part of IRON's pre-commercial industrial validation; mass production targets end of 2026

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** xpeng-iron-baosteel-shanghai
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [XPeng IRON](/models/xpeng-iron.md) (id: `50cd2d0b-f661-45cd-aca9-f518c79384f2`)
- **Company:** [XPeng Robotics](/companies/xpeng-robotics.md) (id: `d5e6cb8e-99c3-48da-9ab9-6de56d5dde80`)
- **Location:** [Shanghai](/locations/shanghai.md) (id: `8879e393-831e-40e2-a879-b99950817fb9`)
- **Operator:** [Baosteel Group](/companies/baosteel.md) (id: `9c48a703-f2d7-4f1f-8578-041ae70fbe95`)
- **First seen:** 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car** · https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7 · 2025-11-05
2. **Xpeng unveils next-gen Iron humanoid robot at 2025 AI Day** · https://cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/xpeng-unveils-next-gen-iron-humanoid-robot/ · 2025-11-05

## Common questions

### What is the XPeng IRON deployment at Shanghai?

XPeng IRON, built by XPeng Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Shanghai on the DEPLOY registry. Baosteel Group operates the deployment.

### Who operates XPeng IRON at Shanghai?

Baosteel Group operates this deployment as a customer of XPeng Robotics, the manufacturer of XPeng IRON.

### When did the XPeng IRON deployment at Shanghai go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting November 5, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the XPeng IRON deployment at Shanghai?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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