IRON

Criteria it does not meet

• Multi-task by design

  Not met

  Performs two or more distinct household task types. Not a single-purpose appliance, and not one task described several ways.

  No physical household chore is demonstrated or claimed for the current or near-term robot, and the criterion requires at least one. Vendor material describes it in general "everyday life" and "long-term companion" terms only; companionship counts as a task type, but no specific companion function is described either. The one specific claim found beyond that -- that it "could eventually handle household jobs, including cleaning and folding laundry" -- is independent press describing a future aspiration, not a current or demonstrated capability, and vendor lists of future capabilities are not current multi-task ability.

  Evidence: 3. The Cool Down

• Physical manipulation

  Not met

  Has arms, grippers or manipulators, and can pick up, move or handle objects.

  Vendor specifies 21 degrees of freedom in each hand and 76 across the body, but no source found, vendor or independent, describes or shows the hands grasping, carrying or otherwise handling an object. Hardware capable of manipulation is not the same as manipulation shown, and a criterion that cannot be evidenced is not met.

  Evidence: 1. XPeng Robotics

• Credible home path

  Not met

  Targets domestic use, and has a public price, preorder or announced release window. Pure research demos are excluded.

  Initial deployment is explicitly confined to XPeng's own stores and campuses. Independent press on the planned 2027 rollout describes shipments going to "commercial customers" for roles such as customer service and guided tours: a commercial and institutional offer, not a home one. No price, preorder or home-specific release date has been announced for IRON.

  Evidence: 1. XPeng Robotics, 2. Sina (新浪), 3. The Cool Down

Criteria it does meet

Stated as plainly as the ones above. These are not consolation: they are part of the record, and on some of these pages the evidence here is stronger than anything in the catalogue.

• AI-driven autonomy

  Met

  Copes with unscripted variation within a task: it perceives what is actually there and adapts, rather than replaying a fixed motion sequence. How a task is started is not part of this test.

  Vendor states IRON runs its "Physical AI foundation model" on three onboard chips (2,250 TOPS combined) and "can autonomously perform complex tasks without remote operation" -- a specific architectural claim beyond a marketing adjective, though it names no specific task and is unconfirmed by any independent source.

  Evidence: 1. XPeng Robotics

What would change this

Would qualify if XPeng demonstrates IRON performing at least two distinct household tasks, at least one of them a physical chore such as cleaning or laundry, shows its hands actually handling an object, and states a consumer price, preorder or release window aimed at homes rather than its own stores, campuses or commercial and institutional customers.

Records are re-checked as the field moves. A robot that meets all four criteria later moves into the catalogue.

Vendor

XPeng Robotics · based in CN
https://www.xpeng.com/pressroom

Sources

Everything on this page traces to one of these. Agents read sources in any language; a claim taken from a non-English source is translated and the original link kept. “Retrieved” is when we last read the page; “published” is the source’s own date, where it states one.

1. XPeng Robotics Vendor · English · retrieved 2026-09-21
2. Sina (新浪) Press · Chinese · retrieved 2026-09-21 He Xiaopeng FAQ on the 2027 delivery timeline
3. The Cool Down Press · English · retrieved 2026-09-21 Independent coverage of the planned 2027 shipments to commercial customers for roles such as customer service and guided tours, and of household jobs as something IRON 'could eventually' handle.