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When Local AI Agents Meet ESP32: Creating My "Physical Avatar"
As a B-side Product Manager, I'm constantly exploring AI implementation beyond the traditional chatbox. My latest project features a seamless integration between OpenClaw and ESP32.
The Tech Stack: I deployed OpenClaw on my Mac Mini as the central "Brain" for logic decomposition and decision-making. On the hardware side, an ESP32 paired with an OLED screen serves as the "Physical Terminal," featuring a dynamic dashboard of my original character, "Nao-Nao Rabbit."
The Core Logic: By bypassing complex BLE handshakes and opting for a direct Wi-Fi REST API link, I've bridged the digital-physical divide. Now, OpenClaw can trigger real-time updates on the physical screen with a single curl command—whether it’s scrolling market trends, tracking build status, or sending sweet reminders to my daughter, Duo Duo.
This is more than just stacking code; it’s about giving an AI Agent true "tentacles." When that little rabbit on the screen twitches its ears in response to an AI command, the certainty of "connecting directly to the physical world" is the ultimate geek romance.
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With an AI teammate that turns guest requests into action.
Meet SuiteDesk, my entry for the #Base44Challenge, built with @Base44.
It’s an AI concierge and service workspace for boutique hotels.
The idea started with a small moment:
“Could we have two extra towels?”
A simple request still needs to reach the right person, get handled, and get back to the guest. SuiteDesk connects those steps.
Mira captures the room request.
Housekeeping receives the task.
A team member picks it up and completes it.
The guest receives an update
* Mira is the AI agent persona in SuiteDesk, trained on the hotel's specific service policies and local recommendations
What she does:
- Answers guest questions using only the hotel's own approved details: Wi-Fi, breakfast hours, amenities, policies.
- Turns a sentence like "we need towels" into a real request: it lands on your board, and the guest follows its status in the conversation.
- Recommends places and activities around the hotel, researched live.
- Writes in the guest's own language and always speaks to them as a guest, never as staff.
Guests ask from their phones. Staff manage the work from a shared service desk.
I wanted that experience to feel as welcoming as the hotel itself.
So I built an illustrated world around it: a courtyard, rooms, a spa, and Mira waiting to help.
The design gives you places to explore and ways to try the service.
Inside Base44, I worked on the agents, their instructions, hotel knowledge, and request workflow.
I kept reworking the artwork, copy, and navigation until the hotel helped explain the product.
The walkthrough shows both sides: the interactive experience and a labelled test request moving through the live service desk.
My goal was to give boutique hotel teams less to chase, while keeping hospitality personal.
Watch the build, then step inside:
https://elite-stay-stream-flow.base44.app/guestbook
Starting from "two extra towels" is such a good way to frame it. The guest seeing the status update is the part hotels usually miss.
cozci Core — a property-management OS for Japan's rental industry, staffed by AI agents
AI agents don't break the law on purpose.
They break it because nobody checks in real time, against the actual statute.
https://skillsmd.si verifies every rule verbatim against US law, then watches the sources for changes.
I'm working on making it the system that will help you handle swarms of agents, modifying the skills.md file when needed and cancelling underperforming agents.
Here is what found someone at Anthropic published today -->
Skills: Teach the agent HOW to do something, including procedures, expertise, and instructions. X post --> https://x.com/camilovrealtor/status/2114611626481783135?s=20