|EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TOSECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Neil S. Wechsler, certify that:
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|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Optimal Robotics Corp. (the Registrant);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact

or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances

under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this

annual report;            
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual

report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
  and
  cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;                             
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|4. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining

disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and

internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))

for the Registrant and have:
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| | i)   | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures

to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,

including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly

during the period in which this report is being prepared;            
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| | ii)  | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial

reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability

of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance

with generally accepted accounting principles;                   
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| | iii) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented
  in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
  as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                      
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| | iv)  | Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting
  that occurred during the Registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrants fourth
  fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
  to materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation,

to the Registrants auditors and the audit committee of Registrants board of directors

(or persons performing the equivalent function):
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| | i)  | all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting

which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrants ability to record, process,

summarize and report financial information; and
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| | ii) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant

role in the Registrants internal controls over financial reporting.                                                                        

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|Date:      March 14, 2005 | By: | /s/ Neil S. Wechsler                                          
|                          |     | Neil S. Wechsler
      Co-Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
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