EDATEC × Arm China JishuShell | Raspberry Pi-Powered Private OpenClaw Agents Debut at WAIC 2026!

The highly anticipated WAIC 2026 (World Artificial Intelligence Conference) is almost here. Co-hosted by multiple Chinese government ministries and the Shanghai Municipal Government, this globally premier AI industry event will take place July 17–20, 2026 at the Shanghai World Expo Center. This year’s conference shines a spotlight on cutting-edge tracks including edge intelligence, private LLMs, and AI agents, bringing together AI vendors, technical experts, and industry users from around the world to showcase tangible results of AI moving from the cloud to local edge environments.

At WAIC 2026, EDATEC and Arm China's JishuShell community will jointly present a fully integrated software-hardware edge AI solution: the ED-CLAWBOX — also known as the "Crayfish Box." Live demonstrations will reveal a zero-barrier, highly secure, and cost-effective workflow for private OpenClaw local deployment, offering enterprises and developers a fresh, practical approach to AI implementation.

I. Two Ecosystem Powerhouses, Deeply Rooted in Arm-Based Edge AI

EDATEC: Industrial Raspberry Pi Manufacturer

EDATEC is an official Raspberry Pi design partner and authorized distributor for Greater China. With years of deep expertise in industrial embedded Raspberry Pi hardware, EDATEC delivers customized, mass-producible solutions for IoT, industrial control, automation, green energy, and local AI scenarios.

Unlike consumer-grade Pi products, EDATEC specializes in industrial-grade, ruggedized Raspberry Pi hardware. Its mature lineup of Pi-based industrial host systems serves as a standardized hardware foundation for private edge AI deployments.

Arm China JishuShell: Builder of Open-Source AI Infrastructure for Arm Architecture

JishuShell, the developer community under Arm China, is a leading Arm-ecosystem community in China focused on building AI toolchains and agent runtime environments optimized for Arm architecture. The community officially launched and opened beta testing for "Crayfish on Arm," a one-click deployment tool named JishuShell, purpose-built for private OpenClaw edge scenarios — dramatically lowering the technical barriers to local AI deployment.

Through continuous iteration, JishuShell has evolved from a dedicated OpenClaw management panel into a universal AI agent runtime and application management platform, now supporting Hermes Agent, Ollama, and other mainstream local LLM frameworks. A single visual dashboard enables multi-framework, multi-instance installation, monitoring, and permission control, making JishuShell the default software suite for running local AI on Arm devices.

II. Deep Ecosystem Collaboration: Bridging the Final Mile for Edge AI

To address the core industry pain points — "cloud insecurity, difficult local deployment, and complex batch maintenance" — EDATEC and Arm China JishuShell have forged a deep, integrated hardware-software partnership. With EDATEC's industrial Raspberry Pi hardware as the compute foundation and JishuShell as the open-source management layer, they deliver a complete private AI workstation solution that requires no professional ops capabilities to achieve fully local, closed-loop data processing.

III. Star Exhibit at WAIC: ED-CLAWBOX — The "Crayfish Box"

The Golden Hardware Companion for Private OpenClaw Deployments

The centerpiece of our WAIC exhibition is the ED-CLAWBOX (nicknamed the "Crayfish Box"), an industrial-grade AI mini-host purpose-built for private OpenClaw edge deployment. Powered by the flagship Raspberry Pi CM5, this device is a true "performance powerhouse" for edge-based local AI. Learn more: https://edatec.cn/zh/clawbox

Key Hardware Specifications & Advantages

• Flagship Compute Core: Powered by Raspberry Pi CM5 with a 4-core A76 architecture at 2.4GHz, capable of smoothly handling local LLM inference and concurrent AI agent computations.

• Industrial-Grade Silent & Sturdy Build: Full CNC-machined aluminum alloy body, measuring just 100×100×19mm and weighing only 247g. Fanless passive cooling supports 7×24 hours of uninterrupted full-load operation. Available in Rose Gold and Moonlight Silver.

• Full-Spectrum Expansion Ports: Dual HDMI (standard + Micro), Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi / Bluetooth 5.0, USB 3.0 — supporting multi-display output, high-speed networking, and peripheral expansion.

• Low Power Consumption & High Cost-Effectiveness: Significantly reduces energy consumption and long-term operational costs compared to traditional PCs or cloud servers, making it ideal for large-scale enterprise edge deployments.

Pre-Installed JishuShell: 5 Core Capabilities for Zero-Barrier One-Click Deployment

Every ED-CLAWBOX comes with JishuShell's visual management panel pre-installed. On-site visitors can experience its five core capabilities firsthand:

• Lightning-Fast One-Click Deployment: Automated scripts set up the complete OpenClaw environment in minutes — no complex coding or configuration required.

• Enterprise-Grade Security Isolation: Container-based sandboxing + encrypted API key storage. 100% of data is processed locally and never leaves the hardware device, eliminating risks of business information leaks.

• Full-Lifecycle Unified Management: A web-based visual dashboard provides real-time hardware load and AI instance status monitoring, with one-stop creation, configuration, monitoring, and restart capabilities.

• Multi-Ecosystem Tool Integration: Supports quick configuration via WeChat and Feishu QR codes, and is compatible with various AI skills and MCP communication protocols.

Live Demo Workflow: Power on → log in via web → one-click deploy OpenClaw → run a fully private AI agent offline — all in minutes. Visitors can witness firsthand how we "reject the cloud backup" and keep data truly local and private.

IV. Three Live Demonstration Scenarios at WAIC

With WAIC 2026's focus on intelligent companions and local agents, EDATEC and Arm China JishuShell will set up a dedicated live demo area covering three mainstream application scenarios:

• Makers / Individual Developers: Low-cost local AI assistant development and model debugging.

• SME Office Scenarios: Private intelligent document processing and enterprise-specific office agents.

• Industrial Edge Scenarios: Offline production-line data collection and local intelligent analytics.

On-site technical experts from both partners will be available for one-on-one consultations on hardware selection, OpenClaw deployment, local LLM adaptation, batch device management, and other industry challenges. We'll also open channels for software/hardware procurement and ecosystem partnership discussions.

WAIC 2026 Event Information

• Event Name: WAIC 2026 (World Artificial Intelligence Conference)

• Dates: July 17 – 20, 2026

• Booth: H1-C420 (Shanghai World Expo Center)

Join us at WAIC 2026 to explore scalable pathways for private Arm-based AI agents, and discover how secure, cost-effective local AI is becoming accessible to everyone.