Shi Xiaoxin, senior director of product planning at Xpeng’s robotics arm, left the company earlier this month, according to 36Kr.
Shi spent more than four years at Xpeng’s robotics business, a period that covered the integration of Pengxing Intelligence, the team’s incorporation into Xpeng, and the full development cycle of the Iron humanoid robot, from prototype iteration to production preparation. He was one of the early figures involved in building Xpeng’s humanoid product system from the ground up.
Shi holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Nanjing University and a master’s degree in information technology from the University of Technology Sydney. Earlier in his career, he worked overseas in commercial service robotics and oversaw Aldebaran’s Nao robot as Asia-Pacific technical lead. He led several robotics deployment projects at major international technology exhibitions and was among China’s early specialists in humanoid interaction and product implementation.
Around 2021, Shi joined Xpeng’s robotics business. In 2023, after Xpeng completed its acquisition of Pengxing Intelligence and formally committed to developing the Iron humanoid robot, Shi became the product lead responsible for defining the full Iron product line and deploying Iron as an in-store guide.
