Building an OpenClaw Robot You Can Work With

Join the AI Evals September 2026 cohort: https://maven.com/parlance-labs/evals... Alexis Gallagher demos Sparky, a desk robot built on top of OpenClaw, and shows what changes when an AI assistant can see, hear, talk, and use tools across your real working environment. The conversation covers the hardware, the software architecture, the shared workspace model behind the robot, and why embodiment creates a totally different emotional and practical relationship than a normal chat interface. Timestamps: 00:00 Meet Sparky 01:16 How Alexis built Sparky with OpenClaw 03:00 Why embodiment changes the experience 05:26 Design goals: useful and alive 06:26 Giving Sparky access to the workspace Follow Hamel: YouTube ►    / @hamelhusain7140   LinkedIn ►   / hamelhusain   X ►   / hamelhusain   Website ► https://hamel.dev/