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Reflex 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, Reflex is further along: at the pilot stage versus XPeng IRON at the research stage, as of 2026.
- Reflex is at the pilot stage; XPeng IRON at the research stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Reflex Robotics | XPeng Robotics |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | pilot | research |
| Autonomy | — | ◐ not independently verified |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | $50,000 (manufacturer target) | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — |
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| Brain | — |
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| Verified deployments | 1Reflex Robotics | 1Baosteel Group |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 11 | 7 |
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Editorial summaries
Reflex
Reflex Robotics' Reflex is a wheeled mobile-manipulator humanoid for warehouse and logistics operations: a sub-2-foot wheeled base, dual arms (25 pounds per arm, 50 pounds combined), an adjustable spine reaching floor to high shelf, a 16-plus-hour battery, and swappable three-finger grippers with suction. The verified-vs-claimed point is the autonomy posture: Reflex is designed for teleoperated deployment with a learning-from-demonstrations path toward autonomy, not an autonomous worker today.
DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with one verified deployment. As industrial and logistics equipment it has no consumer price, and its wheeled base distinguishes it from the bipedal-humanoid cohort.
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.
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Recent coverage
- Adults who apologise for crying aren’t over-emotional, they were taught early that tears were an inconvenience someone else had to manage, and the apology is the tax they still pay for feeling anything visibleReflex · Silicon Canals · 2026-08-16
- The relationship rules that matter are quieter than the usual list: research on couples points to two, never read the worst intent into a partner’s bad moment, and never retaliate when hurt, because relationships erode more from those reflexes than from the problems behind themReflex · Silicon Canals · 2026-08-14
- 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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