Donut Robotics Co., Ltd. · industrial humanoid
cinnamon 1
A Japanese-branded bipedal humanoid, about 170 cm tall, that takes instructions through silent hand and finger gestures and uses a vision-language-action model. The body is currently made by an unnamed overseas company under an OEM deal, running Donut's own AI.
- Price
- —Price not published
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 70 kgHeavier than 60%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use humanoid from Donut Robotics.
Real-world use
On trial at a Charm Care nursing home in Japan since July 2026, first doing patrols.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Donut Robotics Co., Ltd.Company · founded 2014 (incorporated 2016) · Tokyo, Japan¥300 million from Charm Care Corporation (Oct 2026); capital alliance with MBS Inc. (Oct 2025)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
cinnamon 1 is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
cinnamon 1 is heavier than 60% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Works on sitetrial at a Charm Care nursing home since July 2026 doing patrols · Jul 2026 · roboticsandautomationnews.com
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Public attention
How much public attention cinnamon 1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Sensors & vision
- Vision system feeding a built-in vision-language model; specific sensors not published.
- AI & software
- Donut's own AI on an OEM body: a built-in vision-language model and a vision-language-action model under development; learns motions from human video and motion capture; 'Silent Gesture Control' takes commands from hand and finger gestures (patent filed), for noisy sites where voice fails.
- Other details
- About 170 cm and 70 kg, bipedal. Target uses: factories, construction, eldercare and security.
From the maker
cinnamon 1 is the only humanoid from Donut Robotics in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedPrice not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Body made by an unnamed overseas OEM; Donut aims for a Japanese-built body later
- Customers and pilots
- Charm Care Corporation (nursing-home trial since July 2026, first on patrol); capital alliance with MBS Inc. for construction use
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Charm Care invests in Donut Robotics
Nursing-home operator Charm Care agreed to invest ¥300 million in Donut Robotics, which has trialled cinnamon 1 in a Charm Care home since July.
Robotics & Automation News - cinnamon 1 unveiled with gesture control
Donut Robotics premiered its Japanese-branded biped, built on an overseas OEM body, with silent gesture commands.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | cinnamon 1Donut Robotics |  Human.XROKAE RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Atlas (product version)Boston DynamicsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  MagicBot Gen1MagicLabSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-01-22 | 2026 | 2026-01-05 | 2026-01-06 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | 170 cm | 170 cm | 190 cm | 174 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg | 75 kg | 90 kg | 70 kg |
| Joints | — | 30 | 56 | 42 |
| Speed | — | 1.8 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 3 kg | 50 kg | 15 kg |
| Battery | — | — | 4 h | 5 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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