XPENG Claims World's First Automated Production Line for Humanoid Robots; First IRON Walks Off Line

mark_k · x · 2026-09-08

XPENG says it has launched the world's first automated production line for advanced general-purpose humanoid robots. Its first IRON robot has already completed assembly and walked off the line on its own — a milestone from small-batch hand assembly toward scaled humanoid manufacturing.

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