The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology.

The way that the robotics market is going to grow, at least in the home, is that we'll have a number of different special purpose robots.

"Star Wars" was the right movie for me. I watched the MSE-6 droid leading the stormtroopers where they needed to go when they were under attack, and that got my attention much more so than C-3PO and R2-D2 because we could actually build that.

There are so many opportunities to make a bad decision in building a robot company on top of all the normal ways that entrepreneurs screw up that it is incredibly difficult to truly create value because it is so cost-sensitive.

I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical.

The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is cool but difficult to achieve rather than trying to find solutions to actual human problems. Technology can be extremely expensive if you don't focus.

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.