日本人形机器人初创公司Donut Robotics Inc.根据公司公告，已与Charm Care Corporation达成资本和业务联盟协议，获得3亿日元（207万美元）的投资。
Japanese humanoid robotics startup Donut Robotics Inc. has entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with Charm Care Corporation, securing an investment of ¥300 million ($2.07 million), according to a company announcement.
根据协议条款，在东京证券交易所黄金市场上市的私人老年生活设施运营商Charm Care将认购Donut Robotics发行的价值3亿日元的普通股。
Under the terms of the agreement, Charm Care, a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market-listed operator of private senior living facilities, will to ¥300 million worth of common shares issued by Donut Robotics.
新的资本注入将资助Charm Care在堪萨斯和大东京地区100多家私人疗养院组成的广泛网络中大规模部署“物理人工智能”和机器人解决方案。
The fresh injection of capital will fund the scaled deployment of “physical AI” and robotic solutions across Charm Care’s extensive network of over 100 private nursing homes in the Kansai and Greater Tokyo areas.
这一战略伙伴关系直接解决了日本的长期人口危机。作为世界上老龄化最快的国家之一，日本的医疗保健和老年护理部门正在努力解决护理人员严重长期短缺的问题。
The strategic partnership directly addresses Japan’s long-term demographic crisis. As one of the world’s most rapidly aging countries, Japan’s healthcare and eldercare sectors are grappling with a severe, chronic shortage of care workers.
自2026年7月以来，这两家公司一直在选定的收费疗养院试验性地试用Donut Robotics的旗舰双足大规模生产人形机器人cinnamon 1”。
The two companies have been experimentally piloting Donut Robotics’ flagship bipedal mass-production humanoid, cinnamon 1,” at select fee-based nursing homes since July 2026.
该人形机器人身高约170厘米，使用视觉-语言-动作（VLA）人工智能，使其能够执行设施巡逻、识别环境周围环境并将场景转化为口头描述。两家公司都计划将该技术从实验阶段过渡到深入的运营工作流程。
Measuring approximately 170 cm tall, the humanoid uses Vision-Language-Action (VLA) AI, allowing it to perform facility patrols, recognise environmental surroundings, and translate scenarios into verbal descriptions. Both companies plan to transition the tech from experimental phases into deep operational workflows.
Donut Robotics代表总监Taisuke Ono表示：“老年人护理给物理人工智能带来了许多挑战，但我相信我们必须克服这些挑战。”“几年后，我希望[肉桂]能够以与今天相比几乎面目全非的方式发展，丰富居民的生活，同时减轻在护理机构工作的人的负担。”Donut Robotics于2014年在北九州的一个车库成立，并于2016年成立，历来以先进的软件功能支持其硬件，包括用于在嘈杂环境中操作的专有手势控制技术。
“Eldercare presents many challenges for physical AI, but I believe we must overcome these,” said Taisuke Ono, Representative Director of Donut Robotics. “In a few years, I hope [cinnamon] will move in ways that are almost unrecognizable compared with today, enriching residents’ lives while reducing the burden on those working in care facilities.”Founded in 2014 in a garage in Kitakyushu and incorporated in 2016, Donut Robotics has historically backed its hardware with advanced software features, including proprietary gesture control technology for operations in noisy environments.
该初创公司目前正在转型其供应链，以建立完全日本制造的人形管道，并根据其海外硬件基础将组装和芯片修改转移到本地。
The startup is currently transitioning its supply chain to build a fully Japan-made humanoid pipeline, shifting assembly and chip modifications locally based on its overseas hardware foundations.