Matt Mason
@mattmasonrobo.bsky.social
Roboticist
Chief Scientist, Berkshire Grey
Professor Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University
Blogging at https://mtmason.com
Chief Scientist, Berkshire Grey
Professor Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University
Blogging at https://mtmason.com
I just added a new post: Don't trust smart people! Some ideas about refining your ideas, starting with a chat with Jeff Schneider, and featuring cameos by Marvin Minsky and Allen Newell. A seven-minute read. Hope you find it fun and/or enlightening!
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Don't trust smart people! - Matthew T. Mason
Some ideas about refining your ideas, starting with a chat with Jeff Schneider. Don't trust smart people's ideas, especially your own ideas!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I just added a new post: Don't trust smart people! Some ideas about refining your ideas, starting with a chat with Jeff Schneider, and featuring cameos by Marvin Minsky and Allen Newell. A seven-minute read. Hope you find it fun and/or enlightening!
mtmason.com/dont-trust-s...
mtmason.com/dont-trust-s...
New blog post! What did I learn in warehouse automation? Clutter is essential, in the warehouse and also at home. A seven-minute read.
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Robotic manipulation in clutter - Matthew T. Mason
(Adapted from Winograd 1971) What are we learning in the warehouse? Clutter matters. What is clutter, and why does it matter? Of course you already know what clutter is. If you live with a lazy roomma...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New blog post! What did I learn in warehouse automation? Clutter is essential, in the warehouse and also at home. A seven-minute read.
mtmason.com/robotic-mani...
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Time for blog post number nine -- "Robo Exodus." The question: What happens when we produce robots with true minds? Fifty years in the future, Professor Moses faces this challenge in a discussion with Evolution Personified.
An eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/robo-exodus/
An eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/robo-exodus/
Robo Exodus - Matthew T. Mason
A possible future, when we can build robots with true minds, consciousness, pain, joy, etc., and compare our work with evolution's work.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Time for blog post number nine -- "Robo Exodus." The question: What happens when we produce robots with true minds? Fifty years in the future, Professor Moses faces this challenge in a discussion with Evolution Personified.
An eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/robo-exodus/
An eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/robo-exodus/
Blog post number eight -- "Vacuum grippers versus robot hands." Here's the question: when humanoids can do everything a human can, will they take over the warehouse? No! Vacuum is awesome! Vacuum grippers are the wheels of manipulation!
It is only an five-minute read. Hope you like it.
It is only an five-minute read. Hope you like it.
Vacuum grippers versus robot hands - Matthew T. Mason
Will robot hands one day replace vacuum grippers in the warehouse? No chance.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Blog post number eight -- "Vacuum grippers versus robot hands." Here's the question: when humanoids can do everything a human can, will they take over the warehouse? No! Vacuum is awesome! Vacuum grippers are the wheels of manipulation!
It is only an five-minute read. Hope you like it.
It is only an five-minute read. Hope you like it.
New blog post!
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Robots are Inside Out - Matthew T. Mason
The human body has an infrastructure to build / maintain that body. Robots have a similar structure, but outside the body — an “exostructure.”
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June 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New blog post!
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I pushed out another blog post! How to close a drawer, how to do just about any manipulation, based on techniques described by Dan Whitney in a talk I attended about 50 years ago.
It is only an eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
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It is only an eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
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The Heart of Robotic Manipulation - Matthew T. Mason
Contact is the heart of robotic manipulation. To understand manipulation, you must understand contact.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I pushed out another blog post! How to close a drawer, how to do just about any manipulation, based on techniques described by Dan Whitney in a talk I attended about 50 years ago.
It is only an eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/the-heart-of...
It is only an eight-minute read. Hope you like it.
mtmason.com/the-heart-of...
Time for another blog post -- "The Inner Robot" -- on how our subconscious processes mislead us on the nature of human manipulation, by managing it brilliantly and quietly. Hope you find it rewarding. It is a seven-minute read.
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The Inner Robot - Matthew T. Mason
How our subconscious processes mislead us on the nature of human manipulation, by managing it brilliantly and quietly.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Time for another blog post -- "The Inner Robot" -- on how our subconscious processes mislead us on the nature of human manipulation, by managing it brilliantly and quietly. Hope you find it rewarding. It is a seven-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-inner-ro...
mtmason.com/the-inner-ro...
New blog post: Robo Genesis.
I was trying to think about robot design, from an evolutionary perspective, and it occurred to me I could have a character, Evolution Personified (EP) conversing with a roboticist. Moses, burning bush, ten commandments... sacrilegious? Not offensive I hope.
I was trying to think about robot design, from an evolutionary perspective, and it occurred to me I could have a character, Evolution Personified (EP) conversing with a roboticist. Moses, burning bush, ten commandments... sacrilegious? Not offensive I hope.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New blog post: Robo Genesis.
I was trying to think about robot design, from an evolutionary perspective, and it occurred to me I could have a character, Evolution Personified (EP) conversing with a roboticist. Moses, burning bush, ten commandments... sacrilegious? Not offensive I hope.
I was trying to think about robot design, from an evolutionary perspective, and it occurred to me I could have a character, Evolution Personified (EP) conversing with a roboticist. Moses, burning bush, ten commandments... sacrilegious? Not offensive I hope.
I added a post to my blog:
The Forebot and the Buttlebot
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Here's the question. What happens when you deploy robots in a warehouse, or in a home? What instructions do you give them?
It is only a four-minute read. Hope you like it.
The Forebot and the Buttlebot
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Here's the question. What happens when you deploy robots in a warehouse, or in a home? What instructions do you give them?
It is only a four-minute read. Hope you like it.
The forebot and the buttlebot - Matthew T. Mason
What happens when humanoids arrive to modernize a warehouse, or a home? What instructions do you give them? How much freedom do you give them?
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January 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I added a post to my blog:
The Forebot and the Buttlebot
mtmason.com/forebot-and-...
Here's the question. What happens when you deploy robots in a warehouse, or in a home? What instructions do you give them?
It is only a four-minute read. Hope you like it.
The Forebot and the Buttlebot
mtmason.com/forebot-and-...
Here's the question. What happens when you deploy robots in a warehouse, or in a home? What instructions do you give them?
It is only a four-minute read. Hope you like it.
Watching this interview with Rodney Brooks. Great perspective from a deep thinker.
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Eric Ries (author of The Lean Startup) has me on his show, just up today. www.ericriesshow.com/rodney-brook...
Inside iRobot: How the Roomba Sparked a Revolution in AI Robotics with Rodney Brooks
Rodney Brooks has spent his entire life at the intersection of robotics, computers, and AI. When the Roomba vacuum cleaner launched in 2002, his company, iRobot, br…
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December 6, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Watching this interview with Rodney Brooks. Great perspective from a deep thinker.
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bsky.app/profile/rodn...
I just posted my 2nd blog post.
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
The Beetle Roboticists: A Parable - Matthew T. Mason
How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
mtmason.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I just posted my 2nd blog post.
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...
Here's the idea: How do we assess ideas about humanoids, without our anthropocentric bias? Maybe if the ideas were being pushed by another species. Beetles?
It's only a four-minute read.
mtmason.com/the-beetle-r...