Congratulations are in order. OSRF’s own Morgan Quigley was announced today as a recipient of MIT Technology Review’s annual list of 35 top young innovators. For his work in robotics software and electronics, Morgan has been honored as an outstanding inventor on the list.

There are very few individuals in the technology industry with the moniker of ‘The Godfather,’ but Morgan is one of the few. If you search for ‘Godfather of ROS’ you will find links to Morgan’s work, including the opening keynote of the inaugural ROSCon 2012 conference.

“This is a wonderful recognition of Morgan’s contributions to the world of robotics,” said Brian Gerkey, CEO of OSRF. “I’ve said this many times: if you’ve done anything with ROS, you’ve used Morgan’s code.”

Morgan joined OSRF in August 2012 after completing his dissertation defense in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. While at Stanford, Morgan developed hardware and software systems for personal robots, including the design and initial implementation of ROS in close collaboration with colleagues, including two of whom (Brian Gerkey and Tully Foote) are now at OSRF. On the hardware side, Morgan was the electrical and software designer for the low-cost, highly dexterous hand produced for the 2010-2012 DARPA ARM-H program on a team led by Curt Salisbury of Sandia National Laboratories.

“Over the years, we’ve had success in choosing women and men whose innovations and companies have been profoundly influential on the direction of human affairs,” said editor in chief and publisher Jason Pontin. “Previous winners include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the cofounders of Google; Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Facebook; Jonathan Ive, the chief designer of Apple; and David Karp, the creator of Tumblr. We’re proud of our selections and the variety of achievements they celebrate, and we’re proud to add Morgan to this prestigious list.”

Morgan and the rest of this year’s honorees are currently featured at technologyreview.com, and in the September/October print magazine, which hits newsstands on September 3. Morgan will also appear in person at the upcoming EmTech MIT conference from October 9-11 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.