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A humanoid walks off its own production line
What changedXPENG says its dedicated humanoid production lines are operating, and the first completed IRON robot walked away from the line under its own control. The company reports that more than 80 percent of core processes are automated. Those figures are vendor-reported, and customer deliveries are still planned for 2027.
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The hard problem is shifting from building one impressive robot toward building the same robot repeatedly.
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There is no independent evidence yet for line volume, reliability or general-purpose work.
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