Hans Moravec (U.S.) is known for his work on robotics, and writings on the impact of technology. Among other work, Moravec has developed techniques in [machine vision] for determining the region of interest in a scene. It should be noted that other ROI techniques exist, including the patents of Sherman de Forest (U.S.), and the machine vision / image processing articles by Sobel.

In his book "Mind Children" Moravec outlines Moore's law and predictions about the future of artificial life. Moravec outlines a timeline http://www.transhumanist.com/volume1/moravec.htm and a scenario http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/general.articles/1993/Robot93.htm
l in this regard, which basically supports Isaac Asimov's literature, in that the robots will evolve into a new series of artificial species, starting http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/robot.papers/2004/Predictions.htm
l around 2030-2040.

External links

His homepage can be found at http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/.