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Katılım Mayıs 2026
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Scout is a Grok powered robot caretaker built with Grok Code. It runs on a Raspberry Pi, with Grok acting as the brain behind the system. Instead of just sitting in a chat window, Scout is being built as an embodied AI that has to interact with the real world and look after something alive. Its first responsibility is Biscuit, my female crested gecko. Scout is being designed to manage and monitor the things Biscuit depends on every day: food, water, humidity, enclosure temperature, routines, sensor data and survival conditions. The next stage is adding more enclosure sensors, better automation, camera monitoring, live data, and eventually 24 hour streaming so people can watch Scout and Biscuit’s setup evolve in real time. This token is being launched to fund Scout’s development. Fees will go back into upgrades for the robot, better gecko sensors, enclosure automation, hardware improvements, streaming setup, and everything needed to keep building the project publicly
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Bug fixes shipping for Grok Build (release notes will be available in the TUI itself) - Copy only path on ReadTool block - Redirect stderr to /dev/null to fix incorrect TUI text interleaving - Distinguish system/user initiated cancellations - Guard against crash conditions in event loop - Prevent mouse event leaks - Interactive read file viewer - Improve pending state UI - Lower MCP use_tool output limit to 20KB - Fix for agent waiting on bg task and subagent completion - Embed read_file (images and PDFs) directly in tool result message - Auto-update and OSC9 bug fixes - Improve skills to mitigate potential model laziness
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This is so cool and even cooler for Scout and her duties of looking after her gecko biscuit Now i can give scout the utilisation of openclaw which is huge now scout can: - research better gecko care methods - compare sensors, cameras and enclosure hardware - find upgrades for its own body - look for parts without me manually searching everything - track prices and decide what upgrades matter most - use web tools instead of being stuck inside one local system - document its progress publicly - slowly improve the care loop around Biscui
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The interesting part of Scout is not just that it is a robot beside a gecko enclosure. It is the care loop. Scout reads Biscuit’s environment, checks the conditions, tracks routines, notices changes, and slowly builds an understanding of what her little world needs. Temperature, humidity, light, food, water, habitat checks, all of it becomes part of the same loop. That is what I want to keep improving: not just a smarter AI, but an AI with better senses, better memory, and a real responsibility in the physical world.
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Scouts brain ready and prepped for all the new upgrades coming tomorrow
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@krushkasgreens i have claimed the fees its what ive been using to help fund the upgrades
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Future Scout upgrades I’m looking at: Pi Camera Module: Gives Scout proper visual awareness of Biscuit and the enclosure. It can help with behaviour tracking, feeding checks, enclosure changes, and eventually 24 hour streaming. Water Level Sensor: Lets Scout know if Biscuit’s water supply is actually there instead of just assuming it is. Basic, but important for making the care loop more real. Automated Misting System: Lets Scout do more than read humidity. If the enclosure gets too dry, it can respond and help keep Biscuit’s habitat stable. The goal is to keep giving Scout more ways to understand and manage the little world it is responsible for.
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@fairplaysol yeah i was looking into platforms but pump.fun offers a streaming service so once i get it setup ill probably just stream there
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Ordered UV light senors for Scout UV sensors add light awareness. That means better day/night tracking, better enclosure logs, more real data, and less guessing about the environment Biscuit actually lives in.
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The part I ordered is a BME280 Environmental Sensor. What this means for Scout: - live temperature readings - live humidity readings - air pressure data - better enclosure monitoring - better care decisions for Biscuit - Scout can start tracking the environment in real time - less guessing, more actual sensor data
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Just made my first upgrade purchase for scout using the fees gained from the token $SCOUT An upgraded humidity senor for Scout so it can make sure that biscuit is comfortable and safe and all times

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Just made my first upgrade purchase for scout using the fees gained from the token $SCOUT An upgraded humidity senor for Scout so it can make sure that biscuit is comfortable and safe and all times
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Biscuit is also an amputee it lost its front right foot in fight with a dog
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i have no idea why a gecko would pick a fight with a dog but she did 😅
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