Cinnamon 1
Cinnamon 1 is a full-size bipedal humanoid robot developed by Japanese startup Donut Robotics Co., Ltd., featuring Vision-Language-Action AI and a unique Silent Gesture Control system for operating in noisy industrial environments. Standing 160-180 cm, it is designed for deployment in factories, construction sites, schools, and hospitals in Japan.
Primary use case: Factory and construction labor assistance, school and hospital service tasks in Japan
Height
170 cm
Weight
75 kg
DOF
25
Payload
6 kg
Price
$165K
Specifications
Physical
Height
170 cm
Weight
75 kg
Degrees of Freedom
25
Locomotion
biped
Max Speed
4 km/h
Manipulation
Payload
6 kg
AI & Compute
AI Capabilities
Silent Gesture Control
Commercial
Price
$165K
Availability
pre_order
Primary Use Case
Factory and construction labor assistance, school and hospital service tasks in Japan
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