When My AI Assistant Lost Its Shell

I run a Raspberry Pi 5 at home as part of my OpenClaw setup. It started as an OpenClaw node connected through an SSH tunnel, then became a garden CCTV box running Frigate and recording video clips. By this point it is a camera box, a Frigate server, a Hailo detector host, and a remote machine my AI assistant can inspect from Telegram. At least, that was the idea. After a recent OpenClaw update, the Pi still looked connected. It was visible in the gateway. It was paired. It had broad permissions. The UI suggested everything should work. ...

June 3, 2026

Turning a Raspberry Pi 5 into an OpenClaw Node

I recently got a Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) and decided to connect it to my OpenClaw setup as a remote node. The idea: give my AI assistant direct access to a physical machine sitting on my home network, so it can run commands there, monitor things, and eventually interact with hardware. This post documents how I did it, the pitfalls I ran into, and what I plan to use it for. ...

May 6, 2026