Papers

10

Total Citations

163

H-Index

5

About

Michael Magee’s pioneering research sits at the intersection of computer vision and autonomous robotics, with a career-long focus on enabling machines to perceive and navigate their environments. His most influential contribution, the 2005 paper on robot self-localization using a single calibration object (55 citations), introduced a groundbreaking procedure for uniquely determining a mobile robot’s 3D position by viewing a single sphere marked with calibration great circles—a method that simplified spatial reasoning for autonomous systems. Earlier foundational work, including his 1984 paper on robot guidance using computer vision (61 citations), established core principles for vision-based control. Magee also advanced monocular vision techniques for determining 3D position and orientation (1990, 12 citations) and developed optical target location methods for space robotics (1991, 8 citations), directly supporting autonomous control and teleoperation in orbital environments. His research on adaptive camera calibration (1990, 5 citations) addressed the critical challenge of maintaining accuracy in dynamic industrial settings where camera-to-target distances change. Through integrated planning frameworks that combined robot control with vision-based spatial reasoning, Magee demonstrated how autonomous systems could reason about and adapt to reconfigurable environments, laying essential groundwork for modern robotic perception and navigation.

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H-Index
10
Papers
163
Total Citations
16
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Robot guidance using computer vision
61 citations · 1984
📈 Most Prolific Year: 1990 (4 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 11
🏛 Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, University of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Education

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