Our Story

Ohbot has been created by Mat Walker, a roboticist who created the Inkha robot receptionist at King's College, London and Dan Warner, a primary teacher and ICT specialist who advises schools and local authorities on educational technology for learning.

Ohbot is already being used by over eight thousand schools and individuals in the UK and around the world, it was a finalist in the London BETT awards for ICT Innovator of the year in 2016 and Hardware, AV, VR/AR, Robotics or Digital Device in 2022. Ohbot also won a British Educational Suppliers Association ERA award in 2018 and was highly commended in 2022.

Ohbot is manufactured in the UK at Halliday's Mill in Gloucestershire.

Dan and Mat in that order

Dan and Mat in that order

Ohbot wasn't designed in a day...

Ohbot wasn't designed in a day...

Halliday's Mill, Ohbot HQ...

Halliday's Mill, Ohbot HQ, we're just inside that door, probably arguing over who gets to use the good screwdriver.

Susie and Em assemble Ohbots.

Susie and Em assemble Ohbots.

A 3D print of an eyelid for Ohbot 2.

A 3D print of an eyelid for Ohbot 2.

This is from the days of the wooden Ohbots.

This is from the days of the wooden Ohbots. Amity supervises Innes.

We used to have to make Ohbot lips by hand.

We used to have to make Ohbot lips by hand. It took ages. Dan spent 4 days making the lips for the Kickstarter robots.

Ohbot 1 eyelids had to be cut, shaped and drilled by hand.

Ohbot 1 eyelids had to be cut, shaped and drilled by hand.

Potato printing posters for Mozfest

Potato printing posters for Mozfest

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Happy days delivering Ohbots to the post office.

Happy days delivering Ohbots to the post office.

Early on we had build days at Randwick village hall.

Early on we had build days at Randwick village hall.

Ohbot 2: It was really hard to get the lips to come out straight.

Ohbot 2: It was really hard to get the lips to come out straight. I won't miss the 'lip alligner'

Sally midway through counting thousands of screws

Sally midway through counting thousands of screws for the Crowdfunder Ohbot 1 kits.

Crowdfunder Ohbots. Dan's dad spent hours filing neck pieces

Crowdfunder Ohbots. Dan's dad spent hours filing neck pieces after a 'measurement incident'

Early wooden Ohbots preparing for BBC Make it Digital

Early wooden Ohbots preparing for BBC Make it Digital

George preparing the Ohbot 1 Crowdfunder kits.

George preparing the Ohbot 1 Crowdfunder kits.

Crowdfunder kits were assembled at home

Crowdfunder kits were assembled at home over a very long weekend.

Preparing the Ohbot 1 Crowdfunder kits.

Preparing the Ohbot 1 Crowdfunder kits. The square tiles on the coffee table used to sort the parts.

Halliday's Mill when water still flowed beneath

Halliday's Mill when water still flowed beneath

Then: Peter Van De Waals furniture workshop

Then: Peter Van De Waals furniture workshop

Ohbot in the stratosphere 2017

Ohbot in the stratosphere 2017

Ohbot Features

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At BETT with Microsoft

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Getting Started with the Ohbot Application

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Meet Ohbot for Windows

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Introducing Ohbot 2.0

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Ohbot sings

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Ohbot tells a story

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Ohbot speaks Dutch

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Ohbot conversation

Halliday's has a long interesting history of manufacturing including its use as Peter van der Waals furniture workshop.