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" Moravek outlines Moore's law and predictions about the future of artificial life.
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