"You could send him an e mail and get the answers to your questions by using the contact info on the website." or aren't you interested in getting that type of information?
Actually, ssc, it was in a previous conversation about the same subject that he said, "It better not take five years because I'll be muttering by then!"
Sparroww mentioned he had seen the new unit being worked on so the work is underway. The human sized unit shouldn't take near as long because the only big change is the size.