{"id":26809,"date":"2026-01-21T11:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/?p=26809"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:12:57","slug":"donut-robotics-launches-cinnamon-1-humanoid-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/industrial-tech\/manufacturing\/donut-robotics-launches-cinnamon-1-humanoid-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30c9\u30fc\u30ca\u30c4\u30ed\u30dc\u30c6\u30a3\u30af\u30b9\u3001\u30d2\u30e5\u30fc\u30de\u30ce\u30a4\u30c9\u30ed\u30dc\u30c3\u30c8\u300c\u30b7\u30ca\u30e2\u30f31\u300d\u3092\u767a\u8868"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Donut Robotics Inc., a startup developing humanoid robots, has announced the world premiere of its Japanese brand humanoid robot, &ldquo;Cinnamon 1.&rdquo;<\/p><p>This new humanoid, &ldquo;Cinnamon 1,&rdquo; is a mass-produced bipedal humanoid incorporating the company&rsquo;s patented technology. Currently, the robot is provided by an overseas company through an OEM and is equipped with the company&rsquo;s own AI, but in the future, the company aims to produce a humanoid robot that is also domestically produced.<\/p><p>Through a capital and business alliance announced in October last year with MBS Corporation (headquarters: Yamaguchi Prefecture, CEO: Takashi Yamamoto), the company aims to introduce the technology into the construction industry and establish a domestic VLA data center. (VLA stands for Vision-Language Action, and is the AI &#8203;&#8203;required for humanoids to move autonomously.)<\/p><h4>\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3082\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff1a <a class=\"p-url\" href=\"https:\/\/itbusinesstoday.com\/ja\/industrial-tech\/manufacturing\/japans-breakthrough-in-waste-to-ethanol-tech-signals-new-era-in-circular-economy-innovation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Japan&rsquo;s Breakthrough in Waste-to-Ethanol Tech Signals New Era in Circular Economy Innovation<\/a><\/h4><p>Today, we also announced &ldquo;Silent Gesture Control,&rdquo; a technology that enables robots to be controlled with gestures. This technology was developed based on the concept of &ldquo;communicating feelings without speaking,&rdquo; and is a patented technology that allows instructions to be given to a robot with hand and finger movements without speaking.<\/p><p>\u7a7a\u6e2f\u3084\u5de5\u4e8b\u73fe\u5834\u3001\u5de5\u5834\u306a\u3069\u306e\u9a12\u304c\u3057\u3044\u5834\u6240\u3084\u3001\u5b50\u4f9b\u304c\u9759\u304b\u306b\u5bdd\u3066\u3044\u308b\u5bb6\u5ead\u306a\u3069\u3001\u30ed\u30dc\u30c3\u30c8\u3092\u64cd\u4f5c\u3059\u308b\u969b\u306b\u3001\u4eba\u304c\u58f0\u3092\u51fa\u305b\u306a\u3044\u3001\u3042\u308b\u3044\u306f\u58f0\u304c\u5c4a\u304b\u306a\u3044\u72b6\u6cc1\u304c\u591a\u304f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u5834\u9762\u3067\u3001\u97f3\u58f0\u3067\u30ed\u30dc\u30c3\u30c8\u3092\u64cd\u4f5c\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u554f\u984c\u3092\u89e3\u6c7a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002.<\/p><p>\u3055\u3089\u306b\u3001\u4e16\u754c\u4e2d\u30674\u51043\u5343\u4e07\u4eba\u304c\u96e3\u8074\u306b\u82e6\u3057\u3093\u3067\u3044\u308b\u3068\u63a8\u5b9a\u3055\u308c\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u3053\u306e\u6280\u8853\u306f\u969c\u5bb3\u3092\u6301\u3064\u4eba\u3005\u306b\u3082\u512a\u3057\u3044\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002.<\/p><p>\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3001, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donutrobotics.com\/\" data-no-translation=\"\">Donut Robotics<\/a> \u30d2\u30e5\u30fc\u30de\u30ce\u30a4\u30c9\u30ed\u30dc\u30c3\u30c8\u306e\u9032\u5316\u304c\u3001\u793e\u4f1a\u3078\u306e\u8ca2\u732e\u3092\u3055\u3089\u306b\u6df1\u5316\u3055\u305b\u308b\u3068\u4fe1\u3058\u3066\u3002.<\/p><h4>\u30b7\u30ca\u30e2\u30f3\u3068\u306f 1\uff1a<\/h4><p>This is a mass-produced, bipedal humanoid robot provided by Donut Robotics. It will be equipped with AI called &ldquo;VLA (Vision-Language-Action)&rdquo; to enable autonomous behavior. It is planned to be used as an alternative for work in factories and construction sites by 2026.<\/p><p><strong>\u30bd\u30fc\u30b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000041.000057944.html\" data-no-translation=\"\">PRTimes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donut Robotics Inc., a startup developing humanoid robots, has announced the world premiere of its Japanese brand humanoid robot, &ldquo;Cinnamon 1.&rdquo;This new humanoid, &ldquo;Cinnamon 1,&rdquo; is a mass-produced bipedal humanoid incorporating the company&rsquo;s patented technology. Currently, the robot is provided by an overseas company through an OEM and is equipped with the company&rsquo;s own AI, but in the future, the company aims to produce a humanoid robot that is also domestically produced.Through a capital and business alliance announced in October last year with MBS Corporation (headquarters: Yamaguchi Prefecture, CEO: Takashi Yamamoto), the company aims to introduce the technology into the construction industry and establish a domestic VLA data center. 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