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Digit vs XPeng IRON in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus XPeng IRON at the research stage, as of 2026.

Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 1).
Digit is at the commercial stage; XPeng IRON at the research stage.

Attribute	Digit View full model page →	XPeng IRON View full model page →
Manufacturer	Agility Robotics	XPeng Robotics
Form factor	humanoid	humanoid
Maturity	commercial	research
Autonomy	✓ 1 verified autonomous	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)	Not announced
Capability claims	Fetches items (autonomous, verified)	Picks and packs (claimed-only, claimed)
Brain	GR00T N1 (Isaac GR00T) (foundation-model)	VLT (XPENG VLA / VLA 2.0) (foundation-model)
Verified deployments	11	1Baosteel Group
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	45	7

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Editorial summaries

Digit

Digit is the cohort's commercial verification anchor: the most-verified-hours humanoid in the registry, with Agility's GXO Flowery Branch deployment doing the load-bearing work. The maker-facility rule applies in reverse here. GXO operates Digit on customer-paid freight inside GXO's own warehouses, which is the commercial-deployment shape that internal-facility pilots from Tesla, 1X, and others do not yet have.

Agility describes Digit's operational envelope as autonomous mobile manipulation in structured logistics; the verification anchor is what operators document at the customer site, not Agility's spec sheet.

XPeng IRON

XPeng's IRON (from the Chinese EV maker XPeng) is a roughly 175-centimeter, 70-kilogram research humanoid, an automotive-OEM entrant into humanoids, the cross-OEM positioning that parallels Tesla Optimus emerging from a carmaker. DEPLOY records it at research maturity with no verified deployments. XPeng has shown IRON in staged demonstrations and stated consumer and industrial intentions, but the verification posture is demonstration, not verified autonomous deployment or commercial sale, and DEPLOY cap-flags aggregator 'autonomous' or 'shipping' framing. As a research platform it has no consumer price.

Common questions

How do Digit and XPeng IRON differ?

On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus XPeng IRON at the research stage, as of 2026. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 1). Digit is at the commercial stage; XPeng IRON at the research stage.

What is the difference between Digit and XPeng IRON?

Digit and XPeng IRON are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Is Digit or XPeng IRON more autonomous?

Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than XPeng IRON. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.

Which has more verified deployments, Digit or XPeng IRON?

Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than XPeng IRON (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

Apple Cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming TeamsDigit · Bloomberg Technology · 2026-08-21
Dino Polska Reports Double-Digit Revenue Growth In First HalfDigit · ESM Magazine · 2026-08-21
Xpeng aims to build over 1,000 robots a month ahead of 2027 global roll-out - CnEVPostXPeng IRON · Google News · 2026-07-15
XPeng Aims to Produce Over 1,000 Robots a Month as It Plans Global Rollout - WSJXPeng IRON · Google News · 2026-07-15

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