RoboAtlas Summary
Donut Robotics develops and sells robots and AI, including the Cinnamon 1 humanoid and customer-service and communication robots under the Cinnamon brand.
Last verified: 2026.08.19
Overview
Products listed
1
Flagship product
Cinnamon 1
Primary scenarios
Consumer and industrial · Industrial manufacturing
Commercial progress
No public information
Official positioning
The company says it aims to power robots with its own AI while providing original Japanese humanoid hardware; it presents VLA as central to humanoid control.
Hardware scope
Cinnamon 1 is described as a mass-produced bipedal humanoid approximately 170 cm tall and 70 kg. The company also lists Cinnamon Guide and an earlier Cinnamon communication robot deployed at facilities including airports and welfare sites.
Intelligence scope
The company describes Cinnamon 1 with vision-language understanding, work on a Vision-Language-Action system, and Silent Gesture Control. It characterises its AI as the core differentiator for humanoid robots.
Go-to-market
Cinnamon 1 is positioned for construction sites and factories and is stated to have been introduced to major companies. Cinnamon Guide is offered on a monthly fee from JPY 62,000 or a sales price of JPY 2.2 million including tax; the official page does not state this price applies to Cinnamon 1.
Products
Announced / prototype
People
Taisuke Ono
Founder & CEO
Founder and CEO of Donut Robotics, as identified on the official company page.
Funding history
Series B / third-party allotment
JPY 29.999M
SMS DataTech
Series B
Undisclosed
Power Angels
Series B / capital and business alliance
JPY 99.998M
MBS
Timeline
- Funding
FUNDINNO second equity crowdfunding / stock acquisition rights
- Funding
Third-party allotment / capital and business alliance
- Funding
Capital and business alliance
- Funding
Capital and business alliance including third-party allotment
- Funding
Investment
- Funding
Series B
- Funding
Series B / capital and business alliance
- Funding
Series B
- Product released
Cinnamon 1
- Funding
Series B / third-party allotment
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