XPeng, the “Chinese Tesla,” isn’t just focused on electric cars — the company is also developing flying cars (essentially oversized drones), which are expected to go on sale in China within the next two years, as well as humanoid robots.

At XPeng’s 2025 AI Day, the company unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, IRON, describing it as “the most human-like humanoid robot yet created.”

The IRON robot features a bionic ‘bone–muscle–skin’ structure, complete with a flexible spine, synthetic muscles, soft full-body skin, and 22 degrees of freedom in its dexterous hands.

It operates on a physical-world foundation model powered by three Turing AI chips, integrating advanced vision, language, and locomotion capabilities within a multi-brain AI architecture designed for natural dialogue, interaction, and movement.

XPeng plans to deploy IRON in commercial environments first, with mass production targeted for late 2026. The company also claims that IRON will be powered by solid-state batteries and revealed that further upgrades and refinements are planned before the robot reaches production readiness.