He Xiaopeng, XPENG’s founder, discusses how the company showed its humanoid robot was real and its plans for bringing robots into production.
After XPENG shared a robot video, many viewers questioned whether it showed a real robot. He says the robotics team welcomed the discussion but wanted to give people clearer proof.
He asks the humanoid robot to walk and says the earlier event had more than 500 attendees and media members. He notes that video can hide details, such as the cooling system and the sound of a small fan.
He highlights visible structures beneath the robot’s skin and small mechanical parts in its hand. He also identifies microphone arrays on both sides of its head and transport restraints at its shoulders.
He says people may want to see the robot in person. He expects startups in China to show more capable robots in 2025, 2026, and 2027, with language interaction, autonomous walking, and simple task completion, and says XPENG intends to bring robots to mass production.
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