Hans Peter Moravec
Dr. Hans Moravec is one of the world's leading experts on "hard" AI, the
concept of that machines will eventually match and surpass the intelligence
of humans. He has been building robots of increasing complexity for
over 25 years. Dr. Moravec is currently the Director of The
Mobile Robots Laboratory, part of The
Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
University
Contact Information
Home Page :Hans P. Moravec
Home Page
Finger Information: finger
information (1k)
Email: hpm@cmu.edu
Books
Robot:
Mere Machine to Trancendent Mind, Oxford University Press
(October, 1998)
Chapter
1: Escape Velocity
Chapter
2: Caution! Robot Vehicle!
Chapter
3: Power and Presence
Chapter
4: Universal Robots
Chapter
5: The Age of Robots
Chapter
6: The Age of Mind
Chapter
7: Mind Fire
Mind Age: (a previous incarnation of Robot: Mere Machine to Trancendent
Mind(?))
Chapter 4:
The Age of Robots
Chapter 5:
The Age of Mind
Mind
Children: The Future of Human Intelligence, Harvard University
Press (1988)
Amazon: ISBN: 0674576187
Mind
Children: Card Catalog Entry
Reviews
Articles
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Moravec, H. P., J. Easudes,
"Fractal branching ultra-dexterous robots (Bush robots)",
NASA PR-Number 10-86888, January 1999
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Moravec, H. P.,
"When will computer hardware match the human brain?",
Journal of Transhumanism, vol. 1, March 1998.
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Moravec, H. P., "The Universal Robot",
Vision-21:Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in the Era of Cyberspace,
NASA-CP-10129,
pp. 35-41, Conference held March 21-23 at
NASA
Lewis Research Center Westlake, OH (1993).
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Moravec, H. P., "Pigs in Cyberspace",
Vision-21:Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in the Era of Cyberspace,
NASA-CP-10129,
pp. 259-264, Conference held March 21-23 at
NASA
Lewis Research Center Westlake, OH (1993).
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Moravec, H. P., "Harvard Doesn't Publish Science Fiction",
pp 213-247 in New Destinies, Vol. 3, Baen Pub. Enterprises, New York, NY (1988).
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Carley, F. B. and Moravec, H. P., "The Rocket/Skyhook Combination",
L5 News 8(3):4-6 (March, 1983).
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Forward, R. L. and
Moravec, H. P., "High Wire Act", Omni 44-47 (July, 1981),
Also pp. 73-82 in The OMNI Book of Space,
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., New York, N. Y. (January, 1984).
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Moravec, H. P., "Cable Cars in the Sky",
The Endless Frontier 1:301-322,
Jerry Pournelle (ed.), Grosset & Dunlap, Ace books (November, 1979).
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Moravec, H. P., "Skyhook!", L5 News (August, 1978)
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Moravec, H. P., "A Non-Synchronous Orbital Skyhook",
The Journal of Astronautical Sciences 25(4):307-322 (Oct.-Dec. 1977).
Also presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Astronautical Society,
San Francisco, CA Oct. 18-20, 1977.
For other articles see Dr. Moravec's
Publication Page
News Topics
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Artificial Life (comp.ai.alife): Thought Question articles
Other Sources
Robotics Work
Uranus(2k)
Neptune - A Mobile
Robot(1k)
Pluto(2k)
Students:
Frank Dellaert Home Page (4k);
working on Autonomous Agents
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