{"id":33212,"date":"2025-11-10T10:57:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=33212"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:57:19","slug":"xpeng-shares-naked-version-of-its-robot-iron-for-those-saying-theres-a-person-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/xpeng-shares-naked-version-of-its-robot-iron-for-those-saying-theres-a-person-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Xpeng Shares &#8220;Naked&#8221; Version of Its Robot &#8216;Iron&#8217; for Those Saying &#8220;There&#8217;s a Person Inside&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>humanoid robot<\/strong> introduced by <strong>Xpeng<\/strong> led to discussions about &#8220;is there a real person inside?&#8221;. The firm responded to these claims directly with a video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The China-based automotive and technology company <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-new-xpeng-p7s-interior-is-a-technological-hub\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"25849\">Xpeng<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has hit the headlines with the <strong>humanoid robot<\/strong> it introduced, <strong>Iron<\/strong>. The robot&#8217;s almost <strong>flawless external structure<\/strong> and <strong>human-like movements<\/strong> sparked discussions on social media after its presentation, asking, &#8220;I wonder if there is a person inside?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"IRON Is Going Mass Production \u2014 From Vision to Reality\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6M6B2W8eqUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Xpeng responded to these claims in an interesting way: it released a video showing Iron&#8217;s <strong>internal structure<\/strong> and <strong>electronic components<\/strong>. Thus, it was clearly demonstrated that the robot is <strong>truly mechanical<\/strong> and that there is no human inside. Iron&#8217;s hands have <strong>22 degrees of freedom<\/strong>, and thanks to its <strong>AI-supported system<\/strong>, it can react to its environment. The screen on its head gives it the capability for both interaction and information sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Real or Fake? China\u2019s New Humanoid Robot \u201cIron\u201d Shocks the World\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hy034Og-z1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company aims for Iron to enter <strong>commercial production<\/strong> by the end of <strong>2026<\/strong>. Furthermore, it is planned for the robot to communicate naturally with its environment thanks to its next-generation artificial intelligence system, which they call <strong>Vision-Language-Action (VLA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-dark-side-of-nanotechnology\/\">The Dark Side of Nanotechnology: Could Microscopic Swarms Erase Billions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/the-illusion-of-digital-immortality\/\">The Illusion of Digital Immortality: Are You Really Uploading Your Mind?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/artemis-2s-deep-space-eclipse\/\">The View That Changes Everything: Artemis 2\u2019s Deep Space Eclipse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The humanoid robot introduced by Xpeng led to discussions about &#8220;is there a real person inside?&#8221;. The firm responded to these claims directly with a video. The China-based automotive and technology company Xpeng has hit the headlines with the humanoid robot it introduced, Iron. The robot&#8217;s almost flawless external structure and human-like movements sparked discussions &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-33212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-robotic","tag-robot-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}