Xpeng , a Chinese electric vehicle company, stunned social media with the introduction of its new humanoid robot, Iron. The robot seemed so lifelike that Xpeng eventually cut the robot open live on stage to prove it wasn't just a human wearing a robot suit.

Mashable reporter Amanda Yeo was in the audience at the AI Day event in Guangzhou , where Iron made its big debut, and we'll have more coverage of the event coming soon. Already, video footage of Iron is going viral on U.S. and Chinese social media apps.

You can also watch the entire press conference where Iron had its electronic innards exposed to the world on Xpeng's YouTube channel.

Iron does cut a striking figure walking across the stage, and not just because Xpeng decided to give the robot very noticeable breasts, for some re

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