Wake different AI agents on an ESP32 robot by calling their names
A Chinese builder wired a small ESP32 desk robot to a gateway on his computer. Call it by one nickname and the question goes to his local Claude Code; call it by another and it is routed to a Gemini model. He plans the same name-based wake-up for each of his Grok Bots.
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@justhalfbit on X · 2026-10-20
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-21.
What they did
A Chinese builder wired a small ESP32 desk robot to a gateway on his computer. Call it by one nickname and the question goes to his local Claude Code; call it by another and it is routed to a Gemini model. He plans the same name-based wake-up for each of his Grok Bots.
Result (as claimed)
The robot answers by voice from whichever agent you called; he is preparing to open-source the gateway.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
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Define the job
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Check the result
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Wake different AI agents on an ESP32 robot by calling their names What the original author did: A Chinese builder wired a small ESP32 desk robot to a gateway on his computer. Call it by one nickname and the question goes to his local Claude Code; call it by another and it is routed to a Gemini model. He plans the same name-based wake-up for each of his Grok Bots. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The robot answers by voice from whichever agent you called; he is preparing to open-source the gateway. Source: https://x.com/justhalfbit/status/2112566345791680788 Tools they used: Claude Code, ESP32, Gemini Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Wake different AI agents on an ESP32 robot by calling their names What the original author did: A Chinese builder wired a small ESP32 desk robot to a gateway on his computer. Call it by one nickname and the question goes to his local Claude Code; call it by another and it is routed to a Gemini model. He plans the same name-based wake-up for each of his Grok Bots. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The robot answers by voice from whichever agent you called; he is preparing to open-source the gateway. Source: https://x.com/justhalfbit/status/2112566345791680788 Tools they used: Claude Code, ESP32, Gemini Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Wake different AI agents on an ESP32 robot by calling their names What the original author did: A Chinese builder wired a small ESP32 desk robot to a gateway on his computer. Call it by one nickname and the question goes to his local Claude Code; call it by another and it is routed to a Gemini model. He plans the same name-based wake-up for each of his Grok Bots. Reported result (as claimed by the author): The robot answers by voice from whichever agent you called; he is preparing to open-source the gateway. Source: https://x.com/justhalfbit/status/2112566345791680788 Tools they used: Claude Code, ESP32, Gemini Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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