Paul J. Perrone has written numerous book

and article

on various Java-based

software Software consists of computer programs that instruct the Execution (computing), execution of a computer. Software also includes design documents and specifications. The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...

technologies. He has also founded Perrone Robotics fusing open and standard software technologies with the field of

robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

. He has helped push robotics into the mainstream and brought the term "popular robotics" into the public eye. In addition to robotics software for personal and professional use. Perrone was the team lead fo
Team Jefferson
a

2005 DARPA Grand Challenge The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense. Congress has authorize ...

team, and a

DARPA Grand Challenge (2007) The third driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was commonly known as the DARPA Urban Challenge. It took place on November 3, 2007 at the site of the now-closed George Air Force Base (currently used as Southern California Log ...

team. He chaired the SAE Committee for On Road Autonomous Vehicle Standards and features prominently in the news an
online
involving the deployment of autonomous vehicles across applications such as for Jaguar Land Rover, mining trucks, tractor trailers, transit vans, buses for transit, and autonomous shuttles. He has been a frequent presenter at Sun Microsystem's JavaOne conference, namely

James Gosling James Arthur Gosling (born 19 May 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java (programming language), Java programming language. Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of E ...

's keynote sessions presenting an autonomous dune buggy (Tommy), an unmanned helicopte

an autonomous Scion Xb (Tommy Jr

and Lincvolt, an energy-efficient vehicle owned and spearheaded by rock star

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...

. He received a Duke Award for Tommy, and a Golden Duke and Lifetime Achievement Award for Lincvol

He is featured in a documentary about a robotic car entered into the historic 2005 DARPA Grand Challeng

and was featured in a Discovery Science special called "RoboCars" for his robotic car entered into the 2007 DARPA Urban Challeng

In 2010, he was also one of 25 individuals living in Charlottesville, Virginia who are well regarded in their respective field

He is the host of th
DRIVEN
podcast, a podcast about autonomous vehicles, AI, robotics, and more. He has interviewed the likes of

Jon Snoddy Jon Snoddy is an American technology expert who is currently the Advanced Development Studio Executive SVP at Walt Disney Imagineering. He was the co-founder of Big Stage Entertainment and has served as director, CTO, CCO and CTO in various ...

, and Nolan Bushnell on his show.

Nolan Bushnell Nolan Kay Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consu ...

also sits on the board of Perrone Robotics.

External links

*http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-06/sunflash.20090601.3.xml *http://www.lincvolt.com *http://www.perronerobotics.com *http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/ap/va-firm-helps-convert-neil-youngs-car-63909752.html Living people People in information technology Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-writer-stub