XPeng Robotics
XPeng Robotics is the humanoid robot business of Chinese EV maker XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868). It is held through the Cayman subsidiary Dogotix Inc., which XPeng still controls and consolidates after an external Series A round of more than US$900 million in August 2026. Its IRON humanoid came off a newly commissioned automated line in Guangzhou in September 2026. Mass production is targeted for the end of 2026, first rollouts will be in XPeng's own stores and campuses, and market launch in China and overseas is planned for 2027. Before humanoids, the unit (formerly Pengxing Intelligence) built quadruped robots, including a rideable robotic pony.
3 humanoid models · 3 deployments on file · researched 2026-11-08
- Headquarters
- Guangzhou, China
- Ownership
- Division of XPeng Inc.
- Website
- xpeng.com
- Focus
- retail, industrial
- Leadership
- He Xiaopeng Chairman & CEO of XPeng; took direct charge of the robotics/IRON business in June 2026 ↗
Hongdi Brian Gu Honorary Vice Chairman and Co-President of XPeng; executive subscriber in the Dogotix round ↗ - Last round
- Series A (preferred, Dogotix Inc.) · 2026-08-24 · $900M · at $6.3B valuation
- Investors
- IDG Capital, Gaorong Ventures, Tencent, Alibaba
- Production
- Humanoid production lines commissioned in Guangzhou on 8 Sep 2026, with over 80% of core processes automated. XPeng calls them the world's first automated lines for advanced humanoids (company claim). Mass production is targeted for the end of 2026, first in XPeng stores and campuses, with market launch and deliveries in China and overseas in 2027. Line capacity has not been disclosed. ↗
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Humanoids
Each model as the maker has shown it. Specs are maker-stated; a dash means no source states the figure.
| Model | Status | Announced | Height | Weight | DoF | Payload | Runtime | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON (next-generation) ↗Per the Sep 2026 release: 76 DOF across the body plus 21 per hand, an enclosed flexible lattice body, and 3 Turing AI chips (up to 2,250 TOPS) running XPeng's Physical AI model on the robot with no teleoperation. At the Nov 2025 launch XPeng stated 82 DOF, 22 per hand, 3,000 TOPS and an all-solid-state battery. It entered small-batch trial production in 2026. | Pilot | 2025-11 | — | — | 76 | — | — | not published |
| IRON (first generation) ↗XPeng says it has more than 60 joints and 200 degrees of freedom and was already used internally in XPeng factories and stores. Maginative reports 5'8" and 154 lb with 15-DOF hands. Superseded by the next-generation IRON in Nov 2025. | Pilot | 2024-11 | — | — | 200 | — | — | not published |
| PX5 ↗Unveiled at XPeng Tech Day on 24 Oct 2023. Around 1.5 m tall, it walked for over 2 hours indoors and outdoors. XPeng paired it with an in-house 11-DOF robotic hand and a 7-DOF arm. | Prototype | 2023-10 | — | — | — | — | — | not published |
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Deployments
Named customers, what the robots do there, and how far it has gone.
| Customer | What | When | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| XPeng (own factories and stores) ↗ | First-generation IRON used in daily operations, with a focus on internal uses such as factories and stores | 2024 | Pilot |
| XPeng (Guangzhou factory) ↗ | IRON reported working on production lines assembling the P7+ EV | 2024-11 | Pilot |
| Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) ↗ | Ecosystem partner. IRON will be stationed at Baosteel to explore inspection and other complex industrial scenarios | 2025-11 | Trial |
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Dated facts
Milestones, orders, factories and filings, newest first.
- 2026-09First IRON walked autonomously off the newly commissioned Guangzhou humanoid production line. XPeng expects per-unit gross margin 'significantly higher than that of new energy vehicles'. ↗
- 2026-08Dogotix share purchase agreement: XPeng puts in US$200m, IDG/Alibaba/Tencent/Gaorong US$600m and executive vehicles of He Xiaopeng and Brian Gu US$100m. The executives also get warrants for up to US$500m more. Implied valuation is US$5bn pre and US$6.3bn post. XPeng's stake falls to about 68.41% on full dilution and the unit stays consolidated. ↗
- 2026-08Unaudited management accounts show Dogotix net losses of RMB 87 million (2024) and RMB 369 million (2025), and net liabilities of about RMB 447 million at 31 Mar 2026. ↗
- 2026-08In the Q2 2026 results, He Xiaopeng said the mass-production version of XPeng's humanoid 'has recently reached several significant milestones'. ↗
- 2026-07IRON entered small-batch trial production at the Guangzhou factory. He Xiaopeng said the robot business was in its eighth year with eight product generations. ↗
- 2026-06He Xiaopeng took direct command of the IRON business. A late-May internal mobilization meeting rallied nearly 1,000 employees, according to Gasgoo. ↗
- 2025-11Next-gen IRON launched at the 2025 AI Day with a target of 'large-scale mass production of high-level humanoid robots' by the end of 2026. XPeng also opened its first embodied-intelligence data factory in Guangzhou. ↗
- 2023-10On 29 Sep 2023 XPeng agreed to buy 74.82% of Dogotix for US$98.96 million in cash, already holding the other 25.18%. Dogotix became wholly owned on completion on 9 Oct 2023. ↗
- 2023-10PX5 humanoid unveiled at XPeng Tech Day. He Xiaopeng said it achieved stable walking after five months of R&D. ↗
- 2022-07XPeng Pengxing (formerly Pengxing Intelligence) signed a Series A of over $100 million, with IDG Capital as one of the lead investors and XPeng also taking part. It then had more than 300 staff, over 80% in R&D, and launched the rideable robotic pony 'Xiaobailong' in Sep 2021. ↗
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Not yet confirmed
Claims seen in only one non-official place. Shown so they can be checked, not as findings.
- Founding year conflicts: Gasgoo (Jul 2022) says Pengxing was 'Founded in 2016' and Shenzhen-headquartered. The 20-F says Dogotix has done robot R&D 'since 2021'. He Xiaopeng (per ChinaEVHome, Jul 2026) said the business was in its eighth year. So founded is left null.
- First-gen IRON height of 178 cm appears only in secondary coverage found by search; Maginative says 5'8" and 154 lb.
- A target of about 1,000 or 'thousands of' units per month by late 2026 appears only in secondary coverage found by search (not fetched); XPeng has disclosed no capacity.
- The 'world's first automated production line for advanced humanoid robots' is XPeng's own claim.
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Sources
Retrieved 2026-11-08.
- XPENG IRON Humanoid Robot Now Walks Off the Production Line — XPeng Inc.
- XPENG Robotics Raises US$900M for Humanoid Robots — XPeng Inc.
- XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car — XPeng Inc.
- XPENG Unveils Kunpeng Super Electric System and AI-Defined Mobility Innovations at XPENG AI Day — XPeng Inc.
- Form 6-K Ex. 99.1 — Discloseable and connected transaction: Dogotix subscription (24 Aug 2026) — XPeng Inc. / SEC EDGAR
- XPENG Reports Second Quarter 2026 Unaudited Financial Results — XPeng Inc. / SEC EDGAR
- Form 20-F for fiscal 2025 — XPeng Inc. / SEC EDGAR
- XPENG unveils next-generation humanoid robot IRON, to begin mass production by end of 2026 — Gasgoo
- XPENG's humanoid robotics unit raises over $900 million in first funding round — Gasgoo
- He Xiaopeng takes direct charge as XPENG robot accelerates toward mass production — Gasgoo
- XPeng's robot-dedicated affiliate bags over $100 million in Series A round — Gasgoo
- Xpeng Motors unveils PX5 humanoid robot, underlining its vision for the future — KrASIA
- XPENG Unveils Iron Humanoid Robot, Already Operational in EV Factory — Maginative
- XPeng unveils new IRON humanoid robot with full-solid-state battery and AI brain — TechNode
- XPeng IRON Humanoid Robot Starts Pilot Production, Eyes In-Store Launch by 2027 — ChinaEVHome