Bill Kennedy (computer scientist)
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William P. "Bill" Kennedy, born 1951, is the former editor-in-chief of A+ Publishing, including MacComputing, A+, and PC Games magazines. Kennedy was an early participant in Real World Interface (RWI) along with Grinnell More, inventor of the PackBot
. When RWI combined with Colin Engle, Joe Jones and Helen Greiner of ISRobotics to form iRobot
. Kennedy went on to co-found, along with CEO Jeanne Dietsch, ActivMedia Robotics
(later MobileRobots Inc.) where he led development efforts for the Pioneer series, the reference platform for research robots. As of 2010 he is chief technical officer of MobileRobots Inc.
Bill Kennedy is a co-author, with Chuck Musciano, of HTML
: The Definitive Guide and HTML & XHTML
: The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly Media
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PackBot
PackBot is a series of military robots by iRobot. More than 2000 PackBots are currently on station in Iraq and Afghanistan, with hundreds more on the way.-Current PackBot 510 variants:...
. When RWI combined with Colin Engle, Joe Jones and Helen Greiner of ISRobotics to form iRobot
IRobot
iRobot Corporation is an American advanced technology company founded in 1990 and incorporated in Delaware in 2000, the iRobot Corporation designs robots such as an autonomous home vacuum cleaner , the Scooba that scrubs and cleans hard floors, and military and police robots, such as the PackBot...
. Kennedy went on to co-found, along with CEO Jeanne Dietsch, ActivMedia Robotics
ActivMedia Robotics
ActivMedia Robotics, former name of MobileRobots Inc, is a company in Amherst, New Hampshire that designs and manufactures autonomous robots, commercial service robots, robot software and navigation systems for robot developers and manufacturers....
(later MobileRobots Inc.) where he led development efforts for the Pioneer series, the reference platform for research robots. As of 2010 he is chief technical officer of MobileRobots Inc.
Bill Kennedy is a co-author, with Chuck Musciano, of HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
: The Definitive Guide and HTML & XHTML
XHTML
XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
: The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
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