Hinata (AVITA × KDDI android) specs

AVITA with KDDI (Japan) Hinata (AVITA × KDDI android) (1)

AVITA with KDDI (Japan) Hinata (AVITA × KDDI android) (2)

AVITA with KDDI (Japan) Hinata (AVITA × KDDI android) (3)

Not for saleNo price published, October 2026 check. KDDI and AVITA plan commercial trials before any commercial service. AVITA's business-only Humanoid Store (opened September 30, 2026) lists a similar pneumatic, silicone-skinned 'N2H Bionic Style' humanoid by quote, but neither company says it is the same robot (unconfirmed). Dated by its MWC26 Barcelona debut on March 2, 2026.

Not for sale (research)Not programmableLifelike faceAndroidGemini AIField trials

Not for saleShipping: Not for sale. Not sold. It appears only in KDDI and AVITA trials in Japan, such as the Osaka Metro station trial in September 2026.

Remote control: Not possible. It is operated by AVITA and KDDI, and no public SDK exists.

KDDI newsroom, KDDI and AVITA partnership (English) ↗KDDI newsroom, Osaka Metro trial (Japanese) ↗KDDI newsroom, Gemini integration (Japanese) ↗AVITA and Unitree MoU (Japanese) ↗AVITA Humanoid Store, N2H Bionic Style ↗TelecomTV MWC26 report ↗

Overview

A lifelike android receptionist designed by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, whose company AVITA builds it and whose earlier work includes the Geminoid androids. Its silicone skin, real-looking hair and small air-powered actuators give it soft facial expressions and gestures, while cameras in its eyes let it look at the people it talks to. KDDI supplies the network and cloud AI, and since July 2026 it converses through Google Gemini in Japanese, English and Chinese. It debuted at MWC26 Barcelona in March 2026 and then worked as a uniformed 'humanoid station attendant' at Osaka Metro's Umeda and Tanimachi 9-chome stations from August 31 to September 15, 2026. It is a trial service robot rather than a product, with au shops named only as a possible future location.

Specifications

Category	Companion robots · Desk & social robots
Released	2026
Country	Japan
Availability	Not for sale (research)
Programmability	No programmability
Built-in autonomy	Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person
LLM support	Built-in LLM chat · Since July 2026 it talks through Google's Gemini (the real-time Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview model), which picks up tone of voice, speed and emotion and answers with very low delay. KDDI newsroom (July 30, 2026) ↗
Best for	Professionals & labs
Vision sensors	Camera
Actuators	Other
Audio	Speaker, Microphone
Compute type	Unknown
Remote control	Not programmable
Size	About 178 cm tall and 48 kg, as reported by The Japan News (unconfirmed by KDDI or AVITA)
Drive	Stationary service-counter android with air-powered (pneumatic) actuators for the face and body
Compute	Not published. AI processing runs over KDDI's network in the cloud, with GPUs at KDDI's Osaka Sakai data center under consideration
Vision	Cameras built into the eyeballs track moving people for natural eye contact
Lidar	None (unconfirmed)
Sensors	Eye cameras, microphones (unconfirmed), human-like hands, handheld display for QR codes in the Osaka Metro trial
Runtime	Not published (the quiet pneumatic drive is pitched for long operating hours)
Speed	N/A
SDK	None public (AVITA OS runs its remote operation and autonomous dialogue)