Ideas for AI agent bodies

A round touch screen on your desk with an animated avatar, push-to-talk and replies as captions.

• Desk
• Talk to it
• No sensors

Suggested boardWaveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.75C (round)

Ask Muse to look at your whiteboard or the parts on your bench and get a photo back.

• Desk
• Talk to it
• Camera

Suggested boardSeeed SenseCAP Watcher

Ask whether the room is stuffy and read CO2, tVOC, temperature and humidity on a desk screen.

• Desk
• Touch screen
• Air quality

Suggested boardSeeed SenseCAP Indicator (D1 series)

A small color screen that shows what your agent is up to and any picture it sends.

• Desk
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardideaspark ESP32 with 1.9" LCD

Press a button, say the thought, and get it transcribed with a text reply on a pocket screen.

• Pocket
• Talk to it
• No sensors

Suggested boardM5Stack StickS3

A palm-size buddy on the counter for quick questions like unit conversions, with pictures on its screen.

• Desk
• Talk to it
• No sensors

Suggested boardAIPI Lite

A speaker-mic puck for the living room with push-to-talk, an LED status ring and a mute switch.

• Hidden, no screen
• Talk to it
• No sensors

Suggested boardHome Assistant Voice Preview Edition

A color e-paper display where your agent posts the day's plan, reminders or a morning briefing.

• Wall or fridge
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardSeeed reTerminal E1002 (7.3" color e-paper)

Black-and-white e-paper on the fridge that updates as people add items from their phones.

• Wall or fridge
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardSeeed reTerminal E1001 (7.5" e-paper)

Ask what's using all the disk space on your Pi, or have your agent check each morning whether backups ran.

• Hidden, no screen
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardRaspberry Pi 5

Any script on a tiny Linux board can message your agent, like "The garage door has been open for an hour."

• Hidden, no screen
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardRaspberry Pi Zero 2 W

A status light your agent turns red when you're on a call (needs a small code change).

• Hidden, no screen
• Light and button
• No sensors

Suggested boardEspressif ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1