Note that using a camera may degrade your privacy. Always have the camera pointed to a place you don't mind OpenClaw seeing or disable the input.
Allowing the bot to interface with a USB camera is easy. ffmpeg is pre-loaded in the latest versions of Raspberry Pi OS and it is capable of getting a photo from the camera and manipulating it in various ways, if desired. I researched the command to use myself, but I suspect the bot would have come up with a workable one if asked without being given the specific command.
It was able to correctly identify an Adafruit Metro on the first try.
Me: I have connected a camera to your system. You can use this command `ffmpeg -y -f v4l2 -video_size 1280x720 -i /dev/video0 -vf "hflip,vflip" -frames 1 out.jpg` to take a photo with the camera and save it as a jpg with the specified name. Can you try taking a photo now and tell me what you see? Bot: The camera works! 📸 I can see an **Adafruit Metro** board sitting on a light-colored surface (looks like a desk or workbench). It's one of Adafruit's Arduino-compatible development boards — I can clearly see: - The **"Metro"** branding in that distinctive diagonal white text - The **Adafruit star logo** in the corner - CE and FCC certification marks - The classic Arduino form factor with header pins along the edges (power, analog inputs, digital I/O) - A barrel jack for power, USB port, and various SMD components - What looks like an ATmega chip on the right side Pretty fitting subject for my first photo, given where you work! 🦎 The image quality is solid — good lighting, reasonably sharp. The hflip/vflip in the command is orienting things correctly. Want me to note this camera setup in TOOLS.md for future reference? Me: yeah, go ahead and make note of it. Bot: Done! Added a Camera section to TOOLS.md with the device path, resolution, orientation flags, and the capture command. Now I'll remember how to use it. 🦎
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