XPeng spins off its robotics arm: Dogotix raises over $900m, mass production of humanoid IRON targeted for late 2026
XPeng hands over its robots to Dogotix, which raises over $900m with Tencent and Alibaba. The humanoid IRON, equipped with 76 degrees of freedom, targets mass production by late 2026.
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The funding round is led by IDG Capital, alongside Gaorong Ventures Tencent and Alibaba enter the capital as strategic investors.
The breakdown of the round
Of the $900m committed to Dogotix :
$600m comes from external investors
$200m from an XPeng subsidiary
$100m from entities linked to He Xiaopeng and Brian Gu.
Following the transaction, XPeng retains approximately 81.97 % of the capital excluding additional investments, a stake that could drop to approximately 68.41 % if all warrants are exercised and the equity incentive plan is fully utilised.
Scope and product timeline
According to CnEVPost, Dogotix’s scope covers humanoid, bipedal and quadrupedal robots, as well as tracked vehicles. Remaining with XPeng, notably, are the automotive, flying vehicles, robotaxi and chip divisions.
On the product front, the humanoid IRON features 76 degrees of freedom (DOF) across the entire body and 21 DOF per hand. It incorporates three Turing chips delivering up to 2,250 TOPS.
XPeng targets the start of mass production of IRON by late 2026, with a monthly capacity exceeding 1,000 units. Initial deployment is planned in its own stores and campuses, before commercial deliveries in China and internationally in 2027.
This funding round comes as the group reports, for the second quarter ending in June 2026, a net loss of 1.34 billion yuan, up 179 % year-on-year, with revenue of 19.7 billion yuan, up 8 %, and research and development expenditure up 32.1 %.
