What is OpenClaw?
OpenClaw (Clawdbot) has recently become a hot topic in the tech community. Simply put, OpenClaw is a tool that enables AI to perform tasks autonomously. Beyond just conversation, it can operate your computer, call various APIs, process files, and even complete complex workflows across platforms.
OpenClaw supports integration with popular instant messaging software (such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Slack), allowing you to issue commands directly through these platforms, acting like a 24/7 personal AI assistant.
OpenClaw Local Deployment
A common OpenClaw deployment approach uses a Mac Mini M4 as the hardware platform, relying on cloud-based model service providers' APIs for support of large models. While feasible, this method incurs ongoing API call fees and poses a risk of personal privacy breaches because all inference requests must navigate over the network.
Based on the Firefly RK1828 development kit, the Qwen3 large model runs on the RK3588 + RK1828 platform. The OpenAI API is exposed externally using RKLLM-Server. Then, OpenClaw is deployed on the RK3588 or other PCs, and the RK1828 API is accessed through the corresponding configuration. This achieves a fully localized OpenClaw working environment without the need for third-party cloud services to provide APIs.
The RK1828 employs a 3D RAM structure, integrating high-bandwidth embedded on-chip DRAM. It boasts an edge generation rate exceeding 100 tokens/s and an end-to-end latency as low as 0.1s, providing comprehensive model algorithm support for large models, including text, speech, images, video, and traditional CNNs. Leveraging the RK1828's powerful performance, it can run the Qwen3 model locally and provides a dialogue completion interface compatible with OpenAI, allowing direct integration with OpenClaw. This enables fully private deployment of OpenClaw without requiring an internet connection, eliminating the risks of data uploads and privacy leaks, while also avoiding long-term API call fees, thus balancing security and cost-effectiveness.
OpenClaw Demo
The following is a demonstration of OpenClaw running on the RK1828 development kit, with backend computing power provided by RK3588 + RK1828. OpenClaw is deployed on a local Mac PC or directly on the RK3588, accessed via a local area network. Here, we have OpenClaw create a Markdown document in the working directory, listing Christmas customs from various parts of Europe. After OpenClaw completes its work, it automatically names the file and saves it to the specified directory.
Get a First Look at OpenClaw
The Firefly RK1828 development kit provides powerful computing capabilities for large AI models and multi-task parallel processing. Through multimodal AI processing capabilities, it enables parallel processing of multiple tasks. It supports application scenarios such as speech recognition, video encoding/decoding, and long-context dialogue, serving fields such as smart security, robotics, AI education, enterprise-level AI terminals, and industry.
