{"id":"0ff18f9c-9c5a-4d94-a7d7-d996bc74bd60","modelId":"50cd2d0b-f661-45cd-aca9-f518c79384f2","versionId":null,"locationId":"8879e393-831e-40e2-a879-b99950817fb9","operatorId":"9c48a703-f2d7-4f1f-8578-041ae70fbe95","ownerId":null,"slug":"xpeng-iron-baosteel-shanghai","status":"pilot","firstSeen":"2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","statusChangeReason":null,"sourceQualityTier":null,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7","label":"XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car","title":"XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"XPENG (official press release)","publishedAt":"2025-11-05"},{"url":"https://cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/xpeng-unveils-next-gen-iron-humanoid-robot/","label":"Xpeng unveils next-gen Iron humanoid robot at 2025 AI Day","title":"Xpeng unveils next-gen Iron humanoid robot at 2025 AI Day","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"CnEVPost","publishedAt":"2025-11-05"}],"notes":"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.\n\nBaosteel 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.\n\nThis 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.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Partnership type","value":"Ecosystem partner -- IRON stationed at Baosteel for scenario exploration"},{"label":"Tasks","value":"Industrial inspection and complex operational scenarios in steel manufacturing environment"},{"label":"Announced","value":"November 5, 2025 at XPENG AI Day"},{"label":"Context","value":"Part of IRON's pre-commercial industrial validation; mass production targets end of 2026"}],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":null,"scaleTier":null,"contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-11T23:19:16.987Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-12T00:10:44.784Z","model":{"id":"50cd2d0b-f661-45cd-aca9-f518c79384f2","companyId":"d5e6cb8e-99c3-48da-9ab9-6de56d5dde80","modelName":"XPeng IRON","slug":"xpeng-iron","description":"XPeng's bipedal humanoid, designed for highly anthropomorphic, human-like gait and motion ('extreme anthropomorphism'). 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REVIEW NOTE: several headline specs (total degrees-of-freedom counts ranging 52-200 across sources, TOPS figures, in-house Turing chip count) are company-stated and inconsistent across reports; deliberately omitted from structured specs pending independent verification.","formFactor":"humanoid","maturityStage":"research","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"mass_kg":70,"height_cm":175,"drive_mode":"bipedal","application":"commercial_service"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.xpeng.com/","label":"XPeng — IRON","title":"XPeng — IRON","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"XPeng","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/xpeng-targets-2026-for-autonomous-humanoid-robot-iron-mass-production","label":"Humanoids Daily — IRON ~1.78m, ~70kg, Guangzhou pilot, 2026 mass production","title":"Humanoids Daily — IRON ~1.78m, ~70kg, Guangzhou pilot, 2026 mass production","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Humanoids Daily","publishedAt":"2025-11-24"},{"url":"https://humanoid.guide/product/iron/","label":"Humanoid.guide — IRON ~1.73m / ~70kg, commercial-service roles","title":"Humanoid.guide — IRON ~1.73m / ~70kg, commercial-service roles","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Humanoid.guide","publishedAt":"2025-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7","title":"XPENG physical-AI showcase: Next-Gen IRON (82 DoF, Turing chips, VLA 2.0) - manufacturer-official news","sourceName":"XPENG (official)"}],"aliases":["IRON","XPENG IRON","Next-Gen IRON"],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T17:24:21.340Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-04T18:52:36.905Z","company":{"id":"d5e6cb8e-99c3-48da-9ab9-6de56d5dde80","name":"XPeng Robotics","slug":"xpeng-robotics","description":"Humanoid robotics effort of XPeng (XPENG), the Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer, developing the IRON humanoid as part of a broader 'Physical AI' strategy. 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