Flashduck lets an AI improvise its poses instead of playing canned animations
Shanmao Tech founder Xiao Qiaowei built Flashduck on his Bot 1 kit, with DuckClaw giving a model direct control of six servos through DingTalk.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Aligned News — AI Intelligence
Why it matters
Flashduck tests a different interface for agents: giving a model direct, composable control of a physical body. If that pattern works on a cheap ESP32-S3 kit, the same approach can travel to other small robots and AI hardware forms without redesigning the electronics each time.
Flashduck is a desktop robot duck from Xiao Qiaowei's Hangzhou-based Shanmao Tech. Shanmao Tech says its DuckClaw mode lets a model set all six joint angles at runtime, composing poses instead of selecting from a fixed animation library. The project describes that system as an on-device agent with memory and tool routing, built around an ESP32-S3 controller, six servos and a single animated screen eye.…
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