Grant Imahara Quotes

Right now, I think robots are where it's at. And yes, I'm biased. Robots and space, because with home rocket kits and Lego Mindstorm sets, people can get involved. I was raised on Transformers and GoBots, so I can't imagine what kids who are building real robots are dreaming about.

Kids love robots. They're this fanciful, cool thing.

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

I ultimately got into robotics because for me, it was the best way to study intelligence.

If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.

When I was seven and watched an episode of 'Beyond 2000' that featured a floating armchair, I thought we'd definitely have one of those by 15, at the latest.

I got interested in computers and how they could be enslaved to the megalomaniac impulses of a teenager.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

Robots... I think that is a hot topic.

Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids, or whatever they call it? They've perfected the skin, and the skin looks so real. They have these motors between the eyes for when they smile. It's just mind-blowing.

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.

Dad was very into electronics, robotics and computers, so I was interested in what he was doing.

Space camp was actually, like, the best summer of my life. It was amazing. But I thought I wanted to be a computer programmer, and among computer science folks, Turing is this object of cult-like fascination.

With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy.

I've been fascinated with technology since I was a boy banging around on my father's adding machine. Back then I'd type in an equation, the device made some cool noises, and out came my answer. I was hooked.

My mom told me I never had enough Tonka toys when I was growing up.

I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.

I just write mechanical things.

Type a few lines of code, you create an organism.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

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.

Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

The computer would do anything you programmed it to do.