Hans Moravec
Hans P. Moravec | |
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| Born | November 30, 1948 |
| Nationality | Canadian (U.S. Permanent Resident) |
| Alma mater | BSc: Acadia University MSc: University of Western Ontario PhD: Stanford University |
| Known for | Moravec's corner detector Moravec's paradox Bush robot Occupancy grid mapping Quantum suicide and immortality Rotating skyhook Rotovator Stanford Cart |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computer science, Robotics, artificial intelligence |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University Stanford University |
| Thesis | Obstacle avoidance and navigation in the real world by a seeing robot rover (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | John McCarthy |
Hans Peter Moravec (born November 30, 1948, Kautzen, Austria) is a computer scientist and an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is known for his work on robotics, artificial intelligence, and writings on the impact of technology. Moravec also is a futurist with many of his publications and predictions focusing on transhumanism. Moravec developed techniques in computer vision for determining the region of interest (ROI) in a scene.