Hans Moravec

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Hans Moravec is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Moravec has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Hans Moravec's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (9 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (3 papers). Hans Moravec is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (9 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (3 papers). Hans Moravec collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Hans Moravec's co-authors include Alberto Elfes, Fred Truck, Eliot A. Cohen, John M. Carroll, Mark S. Fox, Robert C.G. Martin, Ana Mendoza, C. Thorpe, Bruce Sterling and Larry Matthies and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, Communications of the ACM and Foreign Affairs.

In The Last Decade

Hans Moravec

27 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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2005 865 citations Hans Moravec et al. profile →
Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence

1991 497 citations Fred Truck, Hans Moravec Leonardo profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Moravec United States	16	1.4k	1.2k	402	299	295	31	2.8k
Raúl Rojas Germany	22	931 0.6×	299 0.3×	887 2.2×	138 0.5×	327 1.1×	135	3.4k
George A. Bekey United States	36	758 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 2.8×	543 1.8×	1.4k 4.8×	221	4.6k
Jorge Dias Portugal	33	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	662 1.6×	207 0.7×	1.4k 4.8×	312	4.8k
Tom Drummond United Kingdom	34	4.8k 3.4×	3.3k 2.8×	389 1.0×	98 0.3×	227 0.8×	128	6.1k
Thomas Richardson United Kingdom	22	398 0.3×	819 0.7×	445 1.1×	375 1.3×	306 1.0×	133	3.2k
Illah Nourbakhsh United States	34	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 4.1×	520 1.7×	1.4k 4.9×	130	6.2k
Ahmed Elgammal United States	34	4.0k 2.8×	557 0.5×	1.3k 3.1×	249 0.8×	263 0.9×	145	5.1k
Yiannis Aloimonos United States	36	2.9k 2.0×	938 0.8×	749 1.9×	513 1.7×	565 1.9×	205	4.3k
David Salesin United States	57	9.9k 6.9×	562 0.5×	540 1.3×	316 1.1×	1.0k 3.4×	122	12.4k
Alex Kendall United Kingdom	13	3.3k 2.3×	1.8k 1.5×	840 2.1×	73 0.2×	285 1.0×	36	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Moravec

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Moravec

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Moravec

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Moravec. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Moravec based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hans Moravec. Hans Moravec is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Moravec, Hans. (2018). Obstacle avoidance and navigation in the real world by a seeing robot rover. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 113 indexed citations

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Thorpe, C., Larry Matthies, & Hans Moravec. (2005). Experiments and thoughts on visual navigation. 2. 830–835.

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Moravec, Hans. (2003). Robots, after all. Communications of the ACM. 46(10). 90–97. 12 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans, et al.. (2001). The simulated evolution of robot perception. 5 indexed citations

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Cohen, Eliot A. & Hans Moravec. (1999). Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. Foreign Affairs. 78(3). 131–131. 231 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1998). When will computer hardware match the human brain. 1(1). 121 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1994). The Great 1980s AI Bubble: A Review of "The Brain Makers. AI Magazine. 15(3). 86–87.

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Truck, Fred & Hans Moravec. (1991). Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence. Leonardo. 24(2). 242–242. 497 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moravec, Hans. (1989). Sensor fusion in certainty grids for mobile robots. Springer eBooks. 253–276. 45 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1987). Human Culture: A Genetic Takeover Underway.. Artificial Life. 167–200. 10 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans, et al.. (1987). Arbitration of Multiple Control Strategies for Mobile Robots. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 727. 90–90. 17 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1986). Autonomous Mobile Robots.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1985). Robots that rove. 7(2). 13–15. 2 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1982). The CMU rover. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 377–380. 15 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1981). Rover visual obstacle avoidance. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 785–790. 167 indexed citations

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Fox, Mark S., et al.. (1981). Introducing Carnegie-Mellon University's Robotics Institute (Research in Progress). AI Magazine. 2(2). 34–41. 2 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1981). 3D graphics and the wave theory. 289–296. 33 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1981). 3D graphics and the wave theory. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 15(3). 289–296. 13 indexed citations

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Moravec, Hans. (1979). VISUAL MAPPING BY A ROBOT ROVER. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 598–600. 191 indexed citations

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Carroll, John M., et al.. (1971). Multi-dimensional security program for a generalized information retrieval system. 571–571. 5 indexed citations

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