Richard Grimmett has always been fascinated by computers and electronics from his very first programming project that used Fortran on punch cards. He has a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in leadership studies. He also has 26 years of experience in electronics and computers. He possesses one of the original brick phones as well as a Google glass. He now teaches computer science and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University-Idaho, where his office is filled with his many robotics projects.