Industrial Applications
The original IRON shown on November 6, 2024 is a 1780 mm/70 kg biped with 62 active DOF. XPENG reported internal factory/store practice; station cycle time, success rate and paid customer deployment remain unverified. This stable slug retains the original internal-trial relationship; later skin-covered and production revisions have separate records.
This editorial assessment concerns industrial buyer readiness. It is not an independent performance test.
| EU regulatory fit | Unknown |
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| Cybersecurity fit | Unknown |
| Serviceability fit | Unknown |
| Supply chain fit | Unknown |
Manipulation and Perception
62 ACTIVE DOF on original launch slide and ESG report. English launch prose separately saysmore than 60 joints/200 DOF without comparable counting; not 200 independent motors.2025 hand 22 DOF must not be transferred to 2024. No rated arm/combined payload or reach verified.
Original maker describes automotive-shared AI/vision and internal operations. Exact delivered robot processor, TOPS precision, camera/lidar/tactile configuration andautonomy test envelope not verified.
SDK and Integration
Partnership/open-SDK announcements are not a current downloadable developer licence. Vehicle SDKs and unrelated community car repositories must not be treated as IRON control software.
| API type | SDK opening announced; public versioned robot API/release not verified |
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| Languages | Needs verification |
| ROS support | No exact model ROS distribution or maintained integration verified |
| Simulation | No public exact robot URDF/MJCF/USD/controller package or simulator entitlement inspected |
| Offline operation | On-device inference claimed; all-feature offline operation and remote-service dependencies unverified |
| Teleoperation | Latest maker claims tasks without remote operation; not evidence every public demo or recovery is autonomous |
| Software updates | Robot-specific update approval, signing, rollback and support lifetime unknown |
| Documentation | Open documentation |
| Integration constraints | Partnership/open-SDK announcements are not a current downloadable developer licence. Vehicle SDKs and unrelated community car repositories must not be treated as IRON control software. |
Safety Notes
No inspected exact-model signed conformity declaration, independent safety dossier, protective-stop design or certified collaborative operating envelope. Soft skin, solid-state marketing and robotics laws are not conformity evidence.
Compliance and Certificates
| Standard | Status | Jurisdiction | Evidence |
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| CE marking | Unknown | European Union | No exact-model declaration or independent certificate inspected; listed standards/frameworks do not establish certification. |
| EU Machinery Regulation / Machinery Directive review | Unknown | European Union | No exact-model declaration or independent certificate inspected; listed standards/frameworks do not establish certification. |
| ISO 10218-1/2: 2025 | Unknown | International | No exact-model declaration or independent certificate inspected; listed standards/frameworks do not establish certification. |
| ISO 10218-1/2:2025 | Requires buyer review | International | No verified ISO 10218 certificate captured. Industrial application requires integrator-led robot and cell safety review, including safeguarding, programming, commissioning, maintenance, and cybersecurity. |
Commercial Readiness
| Pricing | No official robot list price or exact export quotation verified; analyst/marketplace estimates are not manufacturer prices. |
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| Price range | Quote-based or unverified |
| Lead time | Needs verification |
| Availability regions | China: internal evaluation and planned rollout, Overseas: planned, subject to exact model/commercial contract |
| Spare parts | No public robot-specific spares location, price list or replacement schedule verified. |
| Warranty | No exact humanoid warranty, parts/battery exclusions, return freight or service response terms verified. Vehicle warranty pages are not robot terms. |
| Configuration and pricing basis | No verified official exact-configuration price |
| Distributors and service | No manufacturer-authorised exact-model robot dealer/integrator and service SLA verified. |
Vehicle dealer contacts and demonstration pages do not establish humanoid sale/support entitlement.
Specifications
| Height | 1780 mm |
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| Weight | 70.00 kg |
| Payload | Unknown |
| Runtime | Unknown |
| Battery and runtime conditions | Original-generation pack chemistry, capacity, charging and workload-qualified runtime unknown.2025 solid-state claim not automatically inherited. |
| Degrees of freedom | 62 |
| Max speed | Unknown |
| Locomotion | Original 2024 biped, preceded by PX5 andfollowed by Next-Gen IRON 2025. Source ↗ |
| DOF scope | 62 active DOF; English copy>60 joints/200 DOF uses unclear broader counting. Active andpassive totals not conflated. Source ↗ |
| Active reasoning | Manufacturer AI capability claims do not supply independent task/recovery validation. Source ↗ |
| Factory training phase | Manufacturer reports internal factory/store practice; not independent customer production throughput. Source ↗ |
| Conversation capability | Human-like interaction is manufacturer positioning; no exact original API, language coverage or offline benchmark. Source ↗ |
| Hand degrees of freedom | 2025 hand 22 DOF does not establish 2024 hand count; exact active/passive hand specification not verified. Source ↗ |
| Walking capability | Natural walking demonstrated/claimed; no maximum-speed or endurance acceptance test inspected. Source ↗ |
| Height | 1780 mm from visually inspected original maker launch slide. Source ↗ |
| Weight | 70 kg from original maker launch slide. Source ↗ |
Sources and Further Reading
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Current IRON technology demonstrations ↗
XPENG · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Old /nl/model/ai-robot returns 404; current technology page rendered.22-DOF hands, three Turing chips, solid-state battery, VLT/VLA/VLM, spine/skin/shoulder and walking/coffee/dance/Tai Chi demos. Explicit technical-demonstration/lab-reference disclaimer. Does not supply exact price, payload, runtime or versioned SDK; 22-hand figure differs from 2026 production 21.
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European Commission machinery legislation overview (context only) ↗
European Commission · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current Commission overview opened November 2, 2026: Machinery Directive and Regulation 2023/1230 transition; overview gives January 20, 2027 mandatory application of the Regulation. General context, not a model declaration or legal determination for a specific installation. EUR-Lex pages returned a verification challenge, so this readable primary Commission overview is cited instead.
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ISO 10218-1:2025 publisher scope (context only) ↗
ISO · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current publisher abstract/catalogue opened November 2, 2026. Part 1 addresses industrial robots; public-access service/consumer applications and mobile-platform mobility hazards are outside its stated scope. Full paid standard not acquired. Context only: this is not a model certificate, conformity finding or validated stopping test.
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Official XPENG Switzerland robot media gallery ↗
XPENG Switzerland press office · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Individually labelled original IRON Front View and 2024 AIDay files downloaded/inspected. Front-view image is 2024 body rendering with articulated exposed structure, not 2025 skin-covered version. Press-download availability does not establish unrestricted reuse licence.
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XPENG 2024 ESG report: original IRON active DOF ↗
XPENG · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Official report page 26 confirms 62 ACTIVE DOF, linear/rotary harmonic actuators and handling/screwdriving capability claims. Downloaded/read through official CDN after IR host 403; PDF text extracted despite xref warnings. Not an independent safety report. Publication day not inferred from CDN path.
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IRON 2026 production-line commissioning ↗
XPENG · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Sep 8 manufacturer: production line operating, core processes>80%automated; robot completed assembly and walked off line.76 whole-body DOF, 21 per hand, three Turing chips 2250 TOPS. Volume production still targetedyearend 2026, first own stores/campuses, market launch/delivery 2027. A line opening is not independently proven series volumes or customer factory deployment.
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Next-Gen IRON 2025 announcement ↗
XPENG · Published Nov 5, 2025 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Official Nov 5 release: 82 whole-body DOF, 22 per hand, humanoid spine, bionic lattice/skin, solid-state battery, three Turing chips and VLT/VLA/VLM. English copy 3000 TOPS conflicts with Chinese 2250; do not silently resolve. SDK opening and Baosteel inspection are announced plans, not inspected delivered developer licence or production fleet.
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Reporter distinguishes PX5 and original IRON ↗
Caixin · Published Nov 7, 2024 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Accessible Caixin report by Zhai Shaohui: Nov 6 original IRON, 1780 mm/70 kg, initial internal factory practice; PX5 predecessor Oct 2023. Independent reporting, not a measured factory benchmark.
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Original IRON at XPENG AI Day 2024 ↗
XPENG · Published Nov 6, 2024 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
November 6 release identifies initial IRON and internal factory/store applications. Linked original launch slide visually read: 178 cm, 70 kg, 62 ACTIVE DOF. English article separately says>60 joints/200 DOF; counting scopes are different/unspecified, not 200 active motors. No measured station throughput or fleet uptime.