# Pittsburgh Researchers Run Meta's Vision Models On-Device in a $41.5 Million Robotic Wheelchair Program

The RAMMP platform uses SAM 3 and DINOv3 locally so perception keeps working without a network connection, in a project funded by the health research agency ARPA-H.

- Published: 2026-08-08T06:26:48.459Z
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/), [University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine](https://www.medschool.pitt.edu/news/university-pittsburgh-lead-team-415m-project-create-robotic-wheelchair), [Pittwire](https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/features-articles/2026/04/23/herl-rammp-wheelchair-arpa-h)

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh are building a wheelchair with an integrated assistive arm under an award of up to $41.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The…

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