🌱 MyZubster: 36 Robots, 119 XMR, Smart Garden and the Road to TAZ DAY #1
Open Source · XMR · Robotics · AI · IoT · Community
MyZubster has reached another major milestone.
The ecosystem now includes 36 robot projects across 7 sectors, a published bounty structure totaling 119 XMR, Smart Garden components, a community garden application, hardware integrations, and preparations for the first physical MyZubster event in Riccione.
The important part isn't simply the number of robots.
It's the architecture connecting them.
📊 The Ecosystem
The current project structure is divided into seven sectors:
| Sector | Robots | Bounty Structure |
|---|---|---|
| Fluffypony | 5 | 16 XMR |
| Robot Barman | 4 | 8.5 XMR |
| Nurse Robots | 5 | 13 XMR |
| Hera Robots | 5 | 9 XMR |
| Industrial | 4 | 15 XMR |
| Educational | 3 | 5.5 XMR |
| 🛸 Space | 10 | 78 XMR |
| TOTAL | 36 | 119 XMR |
These figures describe the project's bounty and development structure.
The goal is to use these projects as independent modules that can eventually communicate through common services, APIs and Gateway infrastructure.
🌿 Smart Garden
One of the most interesting directions is the Smart Garden.
The idea is to connect community and parish gardens with inexpensive sensors, automation and AI.
The architecture can be represented as:
🌱 Plant
↓
📡 Sensor
↓
🌐 IoT
↓
🧠 AI
↓
💧 Automation
↓
👥 Community
The planned Smart Garden components include:
- soil moisture monitoring;
- temperature measurements;
- pH measurements;
- light monitoring;
- automated irrigation;
- weather information;
- AI-assisted plant recommendations.
This creates a bridge between software and the physical environment.
Instead of simply storing information about a garden, the system can eventually observe the garden and react to its conditions.
🌱 App Orto del Buon Samaritano
Alongside the Smart Garden infrastructure, we've developed a simple web application for community gardens.
The App Orto del Buon Samaritano currently provides:
- 🌿 plant registration;
- 📅 planting-date tracking;
- 🍅 estimated harvest dates;
- 📢 volunteer notifications;
- 💾 local browser storage;
- 📊 real-time statistics.
The application is intentionally lightweight.
It demonstrates an important principle:
Not every useful community technology needs to be complicated.
A volunteer should be able to open the application, add a plant and understand what happens next.
The current prototype is available in the repository.
🤖 From Garden Data to Robots
The longer-term architecture becomes more interesting when the Smart Garden is connected to robotics.
For example:
Soil Sensor
↓
IoT Gateway
↓
AI Analysis
↓
Irrigation Decision
↓
Robot / Pump
↓
New Sensor Reading
This creates a feedback loop.
The system doesn't simply display information.
It can eventually use information to trigger actions.
This is one of the core ideas behind MyZubster:
sensors → software → AI → machines → verification
🛸 Space Sector
The ecosystem also includes a dedicated Space sector with 10 projects.
The current development structure includes:
| # | Project | Bounty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Core Module | 10 XMR |
| 2 | Satellite Communication | 8 XMR |
| 3 | Lunar Rover | 12 XMR |
| 4 | Astronaut AI | 6 XMR |
| 5 | Space Dashboard | 5 XMR |
| 6 | Space Gateway | 7 XMR |
| 7 | Debris Tracker | 4 XMR |
| 8 | Interplanetary Communications | 9 XMR |
| 9 | Life Support | 6 XMR |
| 10 | AI Core | 11 XMR |
Total: 78 XMR.
These projects should be understood as software, robotics and simulation-oriented development, rather than a claim that MyZubster currently operates physical space infrastructure.
The purpose is to experiment with architectures that could eventually support autonomous systems in environments where communication, resources and human intervention are limited.
🔌 I2C Hardware Integration
The ecosystem is also moving closer to physical hardware.
We've created an I2C adapter for communication with the Root Access SAO on the DEF CON 34 badge.
The adapter can:
- scan the I2C bus;
- detect connected devices;
- probe individual addresses;
- send commands;
- control device animations;
- expose the hardware to robot integrations.
Conceptually:
Hardware
↓
I2C
↓
Adapter
↓
MyZubster Robot
↓
Gateway
↓
Application
This type of integration is important because the ecosystem needs a way to connect software with real devices.
👁️ Robot Vision
Another major capability is computer vision.
Some MyZubster robot experiments use technologies such as:
- OpenCV;
- YOLO;
- face detection;
- object recognition.
For example, a bartender robot can check whether a glass is present before attempting a service.
A security robot can analyze its surroundings and generate an alert when an unexpected person or object is detected.
The architecture becomes:
📷 Camera
↓
👁️ Computer Vision
↓
🧠 Robot Logic
↓
🤖 Action
↓
📡 Event
This is a significant step beyond a robot that simply follows predetermined commands.
💳 XMR and Physical Devices
Another part of the ecosystem is experimentation with Monero (XMR) as a payment layer.
The objective is to explore how physical devices can interact with privacy-focused digital payments.
A simplified workflow looks like:
User
↓
Robot / Device
↓
Payment Request
↓
XMR
↓
Gateway
↓
Verification
↓
Service
This architecture could eventually support automated services where payment verification becomes one event in a larger machine workflow.
For example:
request → payment → verification → robot action → result
🙏 Programmatore Parroco
The community side of the ecosystem is expanding as well.
The Programmatore Parroco concept is an experiment designed to make open-source development accessible to priests and parish volunteers.
Possible beginner projects include:
| Project | Reward |
|---|---|
| Simple Parish Website | 50 MYZ + 0.002 XMR |
| AI Weekly Bulletin | 30 MYZ + 0.001 XMR |
| Good Samaritan Garden App | 40 MYZ + 0.002 XMR |
| Digital Bulletin Board | 35 MYZ + 0.0015 XMR |
| Parish Event Calendar | 25 MYZ + 0.001 XMR |
Total: 180 MYZ + 0.0075 XMR.
The idea is not that everyone has to become a professional programmer.
The idea is that communities can learn enough technology to build and maintain useful tools themselves.
📅 TAZ DAY #1 — Riccione
All of these experiments are moving toward a physical demonstration.
TAZ DAY #1 is planned for Riccione, Italy, in September 2026.
The event is intended to bring together different parts of the ecosystem.
Possible demonstrations include:
🤖 Fluffypony Smart
A robot bartender experiment with computer vision and glass detection.
🛡️ Hera Security
A security-robot experiment using autonomous patrol and computer vision.
🌱 Smart Garden
A demonstration of the community garden software and IoT concepts.
🛸 Space Station
A demonstration of the software and robotics architecture developed for the Space sector.
💳 Cardputer Zero
An experiment with contactless hardware and XMR payment workflows.
The objective is simple:
take the projects out of the repository and put them in front of real people.
🌍 What Does This Change in the Real World?
This is the most important question.
The real-world impact isn't simply:
36 robots + 119 XMR = success.
The important change is the connection between previously separate technologies.
Imagine:
🌱 Garden
↓
📡 Sensors
↓
🧠 AI
↓
🤖 Robot
↓
🌐 Gateway
↓
💳 Payment
↓
👥 Community
Each component can be developed independently.
But together they form a complete workflow.
The same architecture can be adapted to:
- agriculture;
- community services;
- education;
- industrial automation;
- robotics;
- environmental monitoring;
- simulated space infrastructure.
🔓 Why Open Source Matters
A system like this cannot realistically be developed by one person forever.
That's why the project uses an open-source and bounty-driven approach.
The workflow is:
Issue
↓
CLAIM
↓
Development
↓
Pull Request
↓
Review
↓
Merge
↓
Bounty
A contributor can work on one small component.
Another contributor can work on hardware.
Another can improve AI.
Another can build documentation.
Another can test a robot.
Over time, those contributions become connected infrastructure.
🚀 The Next Step
The next phase isn't simply about adding more robots.
It's about integration.
The goal is to connect:
AI + IoT + Robotics + Gateway + Payments + Open Source + Communities
into increasingly complete real-world workflows.
TAZ DAY #1 is an opportunity to test that idea physically.
The repository is where the system is built.
The event is where people can experience it.
Final Thoughts
MyZubster started as a collection of experiments.
A robot.
A payment system.
An AI agent.
A garden application.
IoT devices.
Computer vision.
Space simulations.
Community tools.
Now the interesting challenge is connecting them.
The future doesn't need to arrive all at once.
It can be built module by module.
🌱 Start with a garden.
📡 Connect a sensor.
🧠 Add intelligence.
🤖 Connect a robot.
💳 Add a payment layer.
🌐 Connect the Gateway.
👥 Put it in the hands of a community.
And then see where the architecture can go.
One open-source module at a time.
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