Donut Robotics
Japanese startup deploying its 'cinnamon 1' biped in nursing homes
Startup · Pilot · Humanoid startup · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · Founded 2014 · donutrobotics.com
Unverified HQ city and founding year from general knowledge, not yet confirmed by a dated source.
Profile
Donut Robotics secured ¥300M (~$2.07M) from nursing-home operator Charm Care in Oct 2026 to deploy its 'cinnamon 1' biped across Charm Care's 100+ facilities, a care-sector use case that is especially relevant in aging Japan.
Leadership
No leadership names in this dataset.
Flagship robots
- cinnamon 1 Humanoid
Biped for elder-care settings
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$2.07M
Strategic investment · Oct 6, 2026
Led by Charm Care Corporation.
Original amount: JPY 300,000,000. Dollar figures converted from other currencies are approximate.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Fourier
Direct competitorBoth sell humanoids for care settings: Fourier makes the GR-3 care humanoid and has a rehabilitation-robot background, while Donut Robotics deploys its cinnamon 1 biped in nursing homes.
Recent news
- — ¥300M from Charm Care to deploy cinnamon 1 in 100+ nursing homes DealStreetAsia
Sources
Confidence: medium.