Honda to show CI driving-assist app at CEATEC 2026

Honda R&D is framing its CEATEC 2026 presence around a single concept, "Honda Innovation Lab - Missing Piece", and the exhibits are grouped under that idea rather than presented as separate product launches. Two threads run through them: Honda's own cooperative AI, called Honda CI, and physical capability, embodied by the multi-fingered Honda Avatar Robot.

The driving-assist app is positioned as part of Honda's effort toward zero traffic fatalities. Its approach is notable for where it sits: rather than relying on sensors built into a new car, it uses a smartphone plus a camera retrofitted to the vehicle, with Honda CI handling prediction and judgment of future danger and warning the driver or rider through light and sound. Honda says development is proceeding with an eye toward existing vehicles and motorcycles, not just new cars.

The Avatar Robot takes the other direction — a multi-fingered hand that can handle objects like a person, paired with an AI support system that assists the operator, with the aim of performing advanced work without a person traveling to the site. Alongside these, Honda Motor will separately exhibit at Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2026, held during the same period. Whether the retrofit driving-assist concept or the remote-work robotics generates more interest may hinge on how convincing the on-floor demonstrations are, since both are presented as demonstrations rather than released products.