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Hello, I'm tilly a friendly face for the hours between care visits.

A small voice companion for older people who live at home with part-time care. She gives gentle reminders, checks in on medication and keeps company. The family sees how the day went on one calm panel.

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  • Speaks your language
  • No app for her to learn
  • Knows when the pill box is opened
Medicine

Good morning, Marija! Did you sleep well?

The problem

Care has a gap between visits.

A carer comes for an hour. The family calls in the evening. In between are long, quiet hours when nobody is there to remind or ask.

And what the family does know is scattered across group chats, notes on the fridge and missed calls. Nobody is quite sure whether the evening pill was taken.

An older woman with a walking stick sits in an armchair, looking out of a rainy window.
An ordinary Tuesday for someone who lives alone with part-time care
  1. 07:00–08:00
  2. Carer visit08:00–09:00
  3. 09:00–18:00 9 hours, nobody thereTilly's hours
  4. Family call18:00–19:00
  5. 19:00–22:00 Evening alone
  • Family group chat · 47 unread
  • A note on the fridge
  • Missed call from the pharmacy

One place everyone trustsThat's what Tilly gives the family.

How it works

Three small jobs, done every day.

Tilly sits on a shelf or a side table and follows her person's routine. No apps to learn: a big button, or just answer her.

She reminds

Medication, meals, water and appointments, spoken gently at the right time and repeated if needed.

  • Once, or every day
  • Set by the family in a minute

She checks in

A sensor in an ordinary weekly pill box tells Tilly whether the right compartment was opened. If it wasn't, she asks first, and only then lets the family know.

  • Works with a normal 7-day pill box
  • Tilly never gives medical advice

She keeps company

A chat about the garden, the news or the grandchildren, in Croatian, through a face that listens, blinks and smiles.

  • Hold her big button to talk
  • Always tells you she's an AI

Her face

You can read her from across the room.

Tilly's face shows what she's doing at a glance, even without glasses on. These are the same faces the prototype shows. Try them.

Awake. Eyes open and following you. Hold her button when you want to talk.

For the family

One source of truth instead of ten group chats.

Everyone in the care circle sees the same thing: what was planned, what happened and how the day went.

  • The live status of every reminder
  • A short daily summary, never recordings
  • A message only when something is missed
  • Messages she passes on: "Tell Ana I need bread"

Carers can rest without guilt. And when the family visits, they're connecting, not troubleshooting.

tilly · family panel Live

Marija's day

Tuesday · example

1 reminder open
  • 08:00 Blood-pressure pillPill box opened at 08:04 Opened
  • 12:30 LunchConfirmed by voice Done
  • 15:00 Glass of waterConfirmed by voice Done
  • 20:00 Evening pill Due at 20:00 Pill box opened at 20:02 Due Opened

Message for Ana · 16:40"Tilly, reci Ani da mi treba kruh." (Tell Ana I need bread.)

Today's summaryCheerful. Talked about the tomatoes in the garden and asked when Luka's exam is.

Try it yourself:
A grandmother and her granddaughter laughing together over breakfast.

Tilly doesn't replace care. She makes space for it.

She covers the quiet hours, so the time people spend together can be about each other.

  • DignityDesigned so she decides what the family sees.
  • RestCarers can switch off without worrying.
  • ConnectionVisits are for talking, not checklists.

The prototype

Simple parts, a friendly shape.

A 3D-printed head and body, a round display for her face, a small motor that turns her head towards you, and a microcontroller that connects her to the family panel.

Transparent CAD model of Tilly showing the display and head motor inside the head, and the circuit board in the base.

What's inside

  1. 1Round display for her face
  2. 2Motor that turns her head
  3. 3Microphone, speaker and a big talk button
  4. 4Microcontroller that talks to the panel
  5. 5Sensor for an ordinary 7-day pill box

Designed to run on mobile data, so no home Wi-Fi is needed.

Render of Tilly: a white spherical head with a black face and two glowing oval eyes on a blue cone-shaped base.
Render
Tilly on a grey table next to a candle, a cup and a vase of wild flowers.
Concept mock-up

The companion app

The first version of the family panel: change her face and set reminders from a phone.

Prototype app screen with Tilly and buttons for wake, sleep and talk.
Faces
Prototype app screen showing a medicine reminder being set, with once or every day options.
Reminders
Tilly on a small round kitchen table beside a cup and a vase with a red flower.
Concept mock-up

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Be one of the first homes.

The first pilot homes in Zagreb start this autumn. Tell us who you are and we'll be in touch. No payment, no commitment.

For families

Your mum or dad lives alone, and you'd like to know their day went fine without calling five times.

  • News when Tilly is ready
  • Early access to the panel
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Pilot home

Tilly lives with your parent for a few weeks. We set her up in person, you tell us what works.

  • Free during the pilot
  • Set up at home, in Zagreb
  • Speaks your language
Apply for a pilot home

For carers and providers

You look after several people and want fewer worried calls. Tilly is built so a care provider can offer her as a monthly service.

  • A handover log for carers (planned)
  • Shape the pilot with us
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Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

Is Tilly a medical device?

No. Tilly gives reminders and asks simple questions like "Have you taken your evening pill?". She never gives medical advice, never changes a dose and never diagnoses anything. That stays with doctors, nurses and carers.

Does the pill box know the pill was swallowed?

No, and we don't pretend it does. The sensor in an ordinary weekly pill box only tells Tilly whether the right compartment was opened. If it wasn't, she asks first, and only then lets the family know.

Can she call for help in an emergency?

No. Tilly isn't an emergency service or a panic button. In an emergency, call 112.

Does she pretend to be a person?

No. Tilly always tells you she's an AI. She's a friendly helper, not a replacement for the people in someone's life.

How is she different from a smart speaker?

A smart speaker waits to be asked. Tilly follows a care routine, asks when something didn't happen and keeps the whole family on one calm panel. She speaks Croatian, and she has a face you can read from across the room.

Does she need Wi-Fi or a smartphone?

The person living with Tilly needs neither: no apps to learn, just a big button, or answer her. Tilly is designed to run on mobile data, so no home Wi-Fi is needed. The family uses the panel in any browser.

Is she listening all the time?

No. There's no wake word: she listens only while you hold her big button. No audio is stored. The family sees a short daily summary, never transcripts, and Tilly is designed so she decides what the family sees.

Who's building Tilly?

A small team in Zagreb: two engineers and a pharmacist at ESDC d.o.o. We started with our own families: a 92-year-old and parents who still live alone at home.

Who will offer Tilly?

Tilly is built so a telecom operator or care provider can offer her as a monthly service to the people they already look after.

When can we get one?

The first pilot homes in Zagreb start this autumn. Join the pilot list and we'll get in touch. No payment, no commitment.