Mason Peterson

Mason Peterson

MIT Robotics PhD Student

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Posts

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portfolio

publications

MOTLEE: Distributed Mobile Multi-Object Tracking with Localization Error Elimination

Published in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1900


@inproceedings{peterson2023motlee,
  Title = {MOTLEE: Distributed Mobile Multi-Object Tracking with Localization Error Elimination},
  Author = {Peterson, Mason B. and Lusk, Parker C. and How, Jonathan P.},
  Booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
  Year = {2023},
  Url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.12175},
}

Relative Robot Localization and Frame Alignment for Multi-Robot Collaboration

Published in SM Thesis, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1900


@mastersthesis{peterson2024thesis,
  Title = {Relative Robot Localization and Frame Alignment for Multi-Robot Collaboration},
  Author = {Peterson, Mason B.},
  School = {Massachusetts Institute of Technology},
  Year = {2024},
  Month = {5},
  Url = {https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/157823},
}

TCAFF: Temporal Consistency for Robot Frame Alignment

Published in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1900


@inproceedings{peterson2025tcaff,
  Title = {TCAFF: Temporal Consistency for Robot Frame Alignment},
  Author = {Peterson, Mason B. and Lusk, Parker C. and Avila, Antonio and How, Jonathan P.},
  Booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  Year = {2025},
  Url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05210},
}

ROMAN: Open-Set Object Map Alignment for Robust View-Invariant Global Localization

Published in Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 1900


@inproceedings{peterson2025roman,
  Title = {ROMAN: Open-Set Object Map Alignment for Robust View-Invariant Global Localization},
  Author = {Peterson, Mason B. and Jia, Yixuan and Tian, Yulun and Thomas, Annika and How, Jonathan P.},
  Booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS)},
  Year = {2025},
  Url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.08262},
}

Meridian: Metric-Semantic Primitive Matching for Cross-View Geo-Localization Beyond Urban Environments

Published in arXiv preprint, 1900


@article{peterson2026meridian,
  Title = {Meridian: Metric-Semantic Primitive Matching for Cross-View Geo-Localization Beyond Urban Environments},
  Author = {Peterson, Mason B. and Li, Qingyuan and Jia, Yixuan and Cladera, Fernando and Nieto-Granda, Carlos and Taylor, Camillo Jose and How, Jonathan P.},
  Journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.06312},
  Year = {2026},
  Url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06312},
}

talks

teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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