Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng: Confident in Becoming One of China’s Earliest L3 Robot Mass Producers
He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors, recently shared his views on the progress of Xpeng‘s humanoid robot at the overseas shipping ceremony of Xpeng X9, stating that although the current industry’s robot technology is generally at the L2 stage, Xpeng‘s goal is to advance to the L3 level and is confident about this. He Xiaopeng emphasized that Xpeng is expected to become one of the earliest manufacturers in China to achieve mass production of L3 robots.
He Xiaopeng further explained Xpeng‘s advantages in the field of humanoid robots. He pointed out that Xpeng will achieve quasi-L3 and L3 capabilities in intelligent driving this year, laying the technical foundation for the development of humanoid robots.
Next, Xpeng‘s world model, reinforcement learning, and distillation capabilities will be fully deployed in vehicles, and these technical architectures will be simultaneously applied to humanoid robots. This technology reuse enables humanoid robots to quickly learn and accumulate more capabilities and data in an architecture that originates from intelligent driving, thereby accelerating technological progress.
Previously, He Xiaopeng proposed a five-level classification of general robot capabilities in his circle of friends, similar to the L1-L5 grading system of autonomous driving:
- L1 robots are like remote control cars, completely controlled by humans without any self-control or decision-making ability.
- L2 robots can perform basic tasks and maintain stability on their own, but they still require constant human supervision. Examples include industrial robot arms and cleaning robots.
- L3 robots can operate independently in many scenarios after being trained, but still need human assistance in some situations. This is the current goal for most humanoid robot manufacturers.
- L4 robots can carry out complex adaptive tasks and adjust to new situations with minimal human oversight.
- Finally, L5 robots are fully autonomous, capable of performing tasks as well as or better than humans. They operate independently, adhering to rules and regulations without human intervention.
He revealed that the goal of Xpeng‘s robot project IRON is to achieve the initial L3 capabilities as soon as possible and to achieve mass production. This means that IRON will be able to operate independently after being trained in a large number of scenarios and will only require human supervision in a few complex situations.
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