Matthew T. Mason

Matthew T. Mason
Born (1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 72)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisManipulator Grasping and Pushing Operations (1982)
Doctoral advisorTomás Lozano-Pérez
Berthold K.P. Horn

Matthew Thomas Mason (born August 24, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American roboticist and the former Director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Mason is a researcher in the area of robotic manipulation, and is the author of two highly cited textbooks in the field.[1][2]

In 2004, Mason received widespread media attention for developing the first origami folding robot, demonstrating advances in difficult manipulation tasks.[3][4]

  1. ^ Salisbury, J.K.; Mason, M.T. (1985), Robot Hands and the Mechanics of Manipulation
  2. ^ Mason, M.T. (2001), Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation
  3. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Student Develops Origami Folding Robot".
  4. ^ "Dexterous robot conquers art of origami".