Paul J. Perrone has written numerous books http://www.amazon.com/Building-Java-Enterprise-Systems-J2EE/dp/0672317958 http://www.amazon.com/J2EE-Developers-Handbook-Library/dp/0672323486 and articles http://java.sys-con.com/node/44381 on various software technologies, namely Java-based. He has also founded Perrone Robotics

Perrone Robotics

Perrone Robotics is a robotics software company based out of Charlottesville, Virginia and formed in 2001. The company formed as a low budget side project in 2004 to build an autonomous robotic dune buggy for participation in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge...

 fusing open and standard software technologies with the field of robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

. 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 for Team Jefferson, a 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge team, and a DARPA Grand Challenge (2007)

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 , in Victorville, California , in the West of the United States...

 team.

He has been a frequent presenter at Sun Microsystem's JavaOne conference, namely James Gosling

James Gosling

James A. Gosling, OC is a computer scientist, best known as the father of the Java programming language.-Education and career:In 1977, Gosling received a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary...

's keynote sessions presenting an autonomous dune buggy (Tommy), an unmanned helicopter http://www.perronerobotics.com/?q=node/33, an autonomous Scion Xb (Tommy Jr) http://www.perronerobotics.com/?q=node/27, and Lincvolt

Lincvolt

LincVolt is a 1959 Lincoln Continental, owned by musician Neil Young, that was converted into a more fuel-efficient, hybrid demonstrator vehicle....

, an energy efficient vehicle owned and spear-headed by rock star Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

. He received a Duke Award for Tommy, and a Golden Duke and Lifetime Achievement Award for Lincvolt http://java.sun.com/javaone/2009/articles/2009dukeschoiceawards.jsp#lifetime.

He is featured in a documentary about a robotic car entered into the historic 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge http://robotworldmedia.com/ and was featured in a Discovery Science special called "RoboCars" for his robotic car entered into the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224394/.

In 2010, he was also one of 25 individuals living in Charlottesville, Virginia who are well regarded in their respective fields http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304062461064&ShowArticle_ID=11801904103121052.

External links

• http://www.teamjefferson.com/?q=node/40
• 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