Perrone Robotics, Inc.
Vehicle-independent autonomous driving retrofit kit (TONY®) for automated transit in geo-fenced operations
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- Crozet, VA
- Latest Form D
- $10M, Feb 2021
- Total capital
- $10.3M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $10M
- 1 Form D · last Feb 2021
- 68 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $330K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Robotics#58 of 544
- Granted patents
- 7
- 6 pending · first 2017
- Rank in peer group#20 of 138
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · FY21 Contract Perrone Robotics Sole Sour$330K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$10M
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Standing among 138 peers
Line = medianRobotics · System
- Granted patents#20 · top 14%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Paul PerroneResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 7 patents
- Keith StoneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nolan BushnellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Reida J. PerroneExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 7 granted of 13- PendingGeneral Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsUSPTOApplication 18957978
- GrantedGeneral Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsUSPTOUS 12,181,877
- PendingGeneral Pre-trained Transformer Service For A General-purpose Robotics Operating SystemUSPTOApplication 18627663
Show all 13 patent records
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsMay 8, 2025 · Application 18957978Pending
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsDec 31, 2024 · US 12,181,877Granted
- General Pre-trained Transformer Service For A General-purpose Robotics Operating SystemOct 10, 2024 · Application 18627663Pending
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsOct 10, 2023 · US 11,782,442Granted
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsApr 26, 2022 · US 11,314,251Granted
- Automated Robotic Test System For Automated Driving SystemsMar 22, 2022 · US 11,280,704Granted
- Modular Autonomous PlatformFeb 27, 2020 · Application 16539191Pending
- Automated Robotic Test System For Automated Driving SystemsAug 13, 2019 · US 10,379,007Granted
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsJun 25, 2019 · US 10,331,136Granted
- General Purpose Robotics Operating System With Unmanned And Autonomous Vehicle ExtensionsDec 5, 2017 · US 9,833,901Granted
- General Pre-trained Transformer Service For A General-purpose Robotics Operating SystemApplication 63457239Pending
- Automated Robotic Test System For Automated Driving SystemsApplication 18614190Pending
- Automated Robotic Test System For Automated Driving SystemsApplication 62184104Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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