Robert Playter

That is a lasting lesson that I think we apply at the company still and really is a core value.

We see, you know, our attrition at the company is really low.

People come and they love the pursuit.

And I think part of that is that there's perhaps a natural connection to it.

It's a little bit easier to connect when you have a robot that's moving around in the world.

And part of your goal is to make it move around in the world.

You can identify with that.

And this is one of the unique things about the kinds of robots we're building is this physical interaction lets you perhaps identify with it.

So I think that is a source of happiness.

I don't think it's unique to robotics.

I think anybody also who is just pursuing something they love, it's easier to work hard at it and be good at it.

But not everybody gets to find that.

I do feel lucky in that way.

And I think we're lucky as an organization that we've been able to build a business around this and that keeps people engaged.

I think the most important lesson, which was, you know, have the courage of your convictions and do what you think is interesting.

Be willing to try to find big, big problems to go after.

And at the time, you know, like at locomotion, especially in a dynamic machine,

Nobody had solved it, and that felt like a multi-decade problem to go after.

And so, you know, have the courage to go after that because you're interested.

Don't worry if it's going to make money.