Paul J. Perrone has written numerous book

and article

on various Java-based

software Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...

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

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

. 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 authorized ...

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 Logist ...

team. He has been a frequent presenter at Sun Microsystem's JavaOne conference, namely

James Gosling James Gosling (born May 19, 1955) is a Canadian computer scientist, best known as the founder and lead designer behind the Java programming language. Gosling was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for the conceptio ...

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

an autonomous Scion Xb (Tommy Jr

and

Lincvolt LincVolt is a Lincoln Continental#Third generation (1958–1960), 1959 Lincoln Continental, owned by musician Neil Young, that was converted into a more fuel-efficient, hybrid demonstrator vehicle. LincVolt participated in the X Prize Foundation ...

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

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

. 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

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