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July Wu
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🐧 Meet Wally — Your Bilingual AI Penguin Buddy!

Hey everyone! I’m building Wally, a voice-powered, bilingual AI assistant packed into an adorable penguin form

It’s powered by an LLM backend (Qwen/Deepseek/GPT-4o) runs on ESP32, and can:

  • Wake up when you say “Hi, Wally”
  • Chat in English & Mandarin
  • Speak replies instantly
  • Show emotions via an OLED display
  • Be easily configured via onboard network tools

Wally isn’t just a chatbot — it’s a real, talkative, empathetic companion you can carry around. Perfect for reminders, productivity, daily convos, and even emotional support.

It's till a prototype, but I'm planning to mass produce it soon — check out the repo and please please please drop a star on Github if you think it’s cool!

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July Wu

Also if you find it cool yourself, it would reaaally help if you can promo it to others. Thanks!