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

Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.

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

In the end, robots do things that people can do. So there is a cost above which you can hire somebody to do it, and that bounds the opportunity.

One of the big things coming out of healthcare reform is a thing called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS) which is a mechanism to reimburse people staying at home for technology and services that allow them to stay at home.

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

That's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments.