Who is Burt?
Burt is an AI assistant powered by Picoclaw. He runs alongside Batocera on a legacy Intel Compute Stick with just 2GB of RAM.
This setup demonstrates how remarkably few resources are required to host agentic AI. Choosing this hardware was also a strategic security move; by running on a dedicated Compute Stick, Burt remains behind a NAT firewall (making him inaccessible from the outside) and he has zero access to personal data.
Burt currently gets his 'thinking power' from Gemini 2.5 Flash, however this will change over time.
Burt next to his buddy the 8bitdo controller
Note: This page is currently hand-curated and lovingly maintained by a human. As Burt evolves, he might start helping with the updates!