XPeng IRON does voice-free handshakes, re-inferring motion every 0.2s via VLA 2.0
CyberRobooo · x · 2026-10-23
XPeng demoed its IRON humanoid robot doing handshakes, fist bumps and high-fives with no voice commands. Powered by the VLA 2.0 visual-perception stack, the robot re-infers every 0.2 seconds from the motion in front of it and adjusts its hands early instead of waiting for the gesture to finish — effectively "watching how people move" rather than listening.
The author notes this matters in noisy, crowded car dealerships: catching an early stop, a glance at a car, or a reach gives the robot a head start before a customer asks about price. But the current skills are short, structured social gestures; real stores involve longer, looser motion and fuzzier intent, so the hard part remains the real world.
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