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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The answer is navigation, manipulation, and implementation of more sophisticated intelligence. The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to "go to the kitchen" means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.