AI Personal Assistant

OLLY is a robot akin to Alexa but with a big personality

Presented at CES 2017. Designed at Therefore Ltd

My Project Role:

  • Styling details
  • Design engineering
  • Display matrix development
  • Prototyping
  • Client liaison

OLLY is brought to life by an animated matrix of LEDs along with mechanical movements.
Its character evolves over time to suit its user.

Emotech is the AI company behind Olly. Therefore was tasked with designing all the physical aspects and assisting with the mechanical design.


We developed a display system using an array of LEDs:


4 prize winner, CES 2017 The most awarded Robotics Product in CES History