Inventor · Rochester Hills, MI, US

H. Dean McGee

23Patents
13h-index
41Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 1988 → Sep 5, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4942539A Method and system for automatically determining the position and orientation of an object in 3-D space Physics 204 Expired
US5331264A Method and device for generating an input command for a motion control system Physics 58 Expired
US6070109A Robot calibration system Physics 55 Expired
US6385508B1 Lead-through teach handle assembly and method of teaching a robot assembly Physics 53 Expired
US8315738B2 Multi-arm robot system interference check via three dimensional automatic zones Physics 42 Active
US7211978B2 Multiple robot arm tracking and mirror jog Physics 34 Expired
US6313595A Method of controlling an intelligent assist device in a plurality of distinct workspaces Physics 34 Expired
US6845295B2 Method of controlling a robot through a singularity Physics 31 Expired
US6285920A Method of robot teaching with motion constraints Physics 30 Expired
US6612449B1 Intelligent power assisted manual manipulator Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6064168A Method of controlling robot movement Physics 22 Expired
US6356807B1 Method of determining contact positions, calibration parameters, and reference frames for robot assemblies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5373221A Method and system for estimating robot tool center point speed Physics 18 Expired
US7860609B2 Robot multi-arm control system Physics 11 Active
US8843234B2 Dynamic space check for multi-arm system moving on a rail Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US6516248B2 Robot calibration system and method of determining a position of a robot relative to an electrically-charged calibration object Physics 6 Expired
US9144904B2 Method and system for automatically preventing deadlock in multi-robot systems Physics 6 Active
US10081109B2 Haptic teach pendant Physics 4 Active
US8473103B2 Secondary position feedback control of a robot Physics 4 Active
US9415509B2 Robot teach device with 3-D display Physics 3 Active
US9063535B2 Numerical control program execution by robot Physics 3 Active
US8820203B2 Method of controlling a robot for small shape generation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8046102B2 Control method for synchronous high speed motion stop for multi-top loaders across controllers Physics 0 Active

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