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Iron

Retail-humanoid with 22-DOF hands for showroom guides and museum tours in 2026

Pilot Ready
Pricing
$1000K – $1000K
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Procurement brief

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A buyer-facing summary of site fit, ROI confidence, supplier readiness, and the next action Robofy should capture.

Decision snapshot
Pilot Ready
Deployment readiness
62Verify
ROI confidence
48Verify
Site fit
68Review
Maintenance load
40Medium
Buyer next move

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Build ROI case
Payback lens
30+ mo

Directional estimate based on price, labor offset, and readiness scores.

Buying model
Purchase led

$1000K - $1000K

Supplier readiness
Supplier identified

Future

Best-fit demand signals
Retail showroom product demonstrator in 200+ sq m spaces with steady foot traffic
Museum or hotel lobby tour guide providing wayfinding and scripted narratives
Corporate office reception desk handling visitor check-in and directional queries
Physical Presence

How it stands in your space.

Side-by-side with a 180 cm adult, so you can feel the robot's footprint, height, and presence before it ever rolls in.

180 cm adult
Height1.20 m
Width600 mm
Depth600 mm
Weight50 kg
Payload22 DOF per hand enabling delicate manipulation such as grabbing eggs and unscrewing caps

Compared with a 180 cm adult, Iron stands at approximately waist-to-chest height.

180 cm adult

Specifications

Specifications

Payload
22 DOF per hand enabling delicate manipulation such as grabbing eggs and unscrewing caps
Battery life
All-solid-state batteries with ultra-high energy density; runtime duration not publicly disclosed
Speed
2 meters per second (~6.5 feet per second) in testing
Height
1200 mm
Width
600 mm
Depth
600 mm
Weight
50 kg
Navigation
Vision-led navigation (estimated)
Connectivity
Wi-Fi / cloud fleet management (estimated)
Charging
Manual / battery swap
Environment
Indoor + outdoor
Capabilities

What this robot can do.

Navigation & autonomy
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Multi-floor
  • Elevator support
Interaction
  • Voice interaction
  • Screen interaction
Operations & fleet
  • Autonomous charging
  • Fleet management
Environment
  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
Robofy Decision Panel

Should you deploy it?

0–100 — higher is stronger, except where noted.

Deployment
62

How operationally ready this robot is for production deployment today.

ROI clarity
48

Confidence in the published ROI numbers — how likely the savings actually materialize.

Labor replacement
55

Share of the human task this category can credibly offload.

Environment fit
68

Fit with your target environment — lighting, floor type, congestion.

Maintenance risklower is better
40

Expected maintenance load and downtime risk. Lower is better.

Future potential
78

Long-horizon strategic upside — where the platform points 3+ years out.

Robofy verdict

Buy if you operate retail showrooms or museums with >50 daily foot traffic, targeting guide/reception roles. Skip if you need factory robotics or home assistance—Iron's 1-year factory trial failed, and home deployment remains years away.

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Best for

When to deploy this.

  • Retail showroom product demonstrator in 200+ sq m spaces with steady foot traffic
  • Museum or hotel lobby tour guide providing wayfinding and scripted narratives
  • Corporate office reception desk handling visitor check-in and directional queries
Limitations

When to skip it.

  • Assembly-line factory work unsuitable—CEO confirmed 1-year internal trial screw-tightening task ended in failure
  • Dexterous hand durability unproven in field; concerns raised about joint wear in repetitive fine-motor tasks
  • No official pricing or lease terms; external customer availability still 6+ months away; only internal XPENG deployments confirmed
Data Sources

What's verified, what's estimated.

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Trust43

Specs from multiple press briefings and unofficial distributor estimates (botinfo.ai, originofbots.com); core technical data (DOF, height, weight, Turing chip TOPS) from official XPENG AI Day 2025 press releases (cnevpost.com, xpeng.com/news); pricing estimate (~$150K) inferred from 2025 industry analyst benchmarks and competitor positioning; factory trial failure and dashboard limitations disclosed by CEO He Xiaopeng in public interviews (humanoidsdaily.com, botinfo.ai); battery and hand dexterity specs from official XPENG November 2025 announcements; no official runtime or payload figures published.

  • Maturity
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  • Deployment readiness
    Inferred
  • ROI clarity
    Inferred
  • Labor replacement potential
    Inferred
  • Environment fit
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  • Maintenance risk
    Inferred
  • Future potential
    Inferred
  • Price range
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  • Lease range
    Estimated
  • Payload
    Estimated
  • Speed
    Estimated
  • Dimensions (mm)
    Estimated
  • Capabilities
    Estimated
  • Availability
    SourcePress
  • Battery life
    SourcePress
  • Dimensions
    SourcePress
  • Weight
    SourcePress
  • Navigation
    SourcePress
  • Connectivity
    SourcePress
How It Works

From rollout to recharge.

  1. 01

    Teach by demonstration

    Engineers walk the humanoid through the target task, recording motion and contact data.

  2. 02

    Train task policy

    Sensor traces feed a learned policy that generalizes the demonstrated behavior across the workspace.

  3. 03

    Whole-body manipulation

    The robot executes the task with full-body coordination — handling tools, totes, or load points autonomously.

  4. 04

    Pilot loop & refine

    Failures and exceptions feed back into training; the policy improves with each shift logged.

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