Jonathan Ota
A designer with over 7 years of industry experience in embodied AI, developing character-driven features for Astro, Amazon Device’s first social home robot.
Principal
HRI
Designer
Amazon Astro • Principal HRI Designer & Professional Robot Wrangler
Crafting meaningful human-robot relationships.
Lead the on-device human robot interaction design of Amazon’s first home social robot, Astro.
Makers in Motion • Creator, Producer, Mini Factory
Kickstarting a product for visual creatives on the move.
Developed, crowdfunded, and produced a limited run camera strap for cyclists.
bzzzt hifi • Designer, Manufacturer, Aspiring Audiophile
Designing a parametric loudspeaker platform from the ground up.
A modern hifi audio speaker architecture that allows for timeless customization of sound and look.
Project Aura • Co-Founder, Non-Fixed Gear Cyclist
Bridging the car-cyclist communication divide.
A wheel based lighting system for enhancing side visibility and communication.
Copyright 2025 • Jonathan Ota
Jonathan Ota
A designer with over 7 years of industry experience in embodied AI, developing character-driven features for Astro, Amazon Device’s first social home robot.
Principal
HRI Designer
Amazon Astro • Principal HRI Designer & Professional Robot Wrangler
Crafting meaningful human-robot relationships.
Lead the on-device human robot interaction design of Amazon’s first home social robot, Astro.
Makers in Motion • Creator, Producer, Mini Factory
Kickstarting a product for visual creatives on the move.
Developed, crowdfunded, and produced a limited run camera strap for cyclists.
bzzzt hifi • Designer, Manufacturer, Aspiring Audiophile
Designing a parametric loudspeaker platform from the ground up.
A modern hifi audio speaker architecture that allows for timeless customization of sound and look.
Project Aura • Co-Founder, Non-Fixed Gear Cyclist
Bridging the car-cyclist communication divide.
A wheel based lighting system for enhancing side visibility and communication.
Copyright 2025 • Jonathan Ota
Jonathan Ota
A designer with over 7 years of industry experience in embodied AI, developing character-driven features for Astro, Amazon Device’s first social home robot.
Principal
HRI Designer
Amazon Astro • Principal HRI Designer & Professional Robot Wrangler
Crafting meaningful human-robot relationships.
Lead the on-device human robot interaction design of Amazon’s first home social robot, Astro.
Makers in Motion • Creator, Producer, Mini Factory
Kickstarting a product for visual creatives on the move.
Developed, crowdfunded, and produced a limited run camera strap for cyclists.
bzzzt hifi • Designer, Manufacturer, Aspiring Audiophile
Designing a parametric loudspeaker platform from the ground up.
A modern hifi audio speaker architecture that allows for timeless customization of sound and look.
Project Aura • Co-Founder, Non-Fixed Gear Cyclist
Bridging the car-cyclist communication divide.
A wheel based lighting system for enhancing side visibility and communication.
Copyright 2025 • Jonathan Ota