Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to call the plumber. I told her I would fix it and asked her to get my Richard Scarry book 'How Things Work in Busytown.' Between the picture of a toilet and the text she read to me explaining how the parts worked, I fixed it.

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

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.

Its going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.