# Meta's Open Perception Models Move Into Assistive Robotics at the University of Pittsburgh

Researchers are building wheelchair-mounted manipulation around Segment Anything and DINO rather than training task-specific vision systems from scratch.

- Published: 2026-08-13T06:26:09.114Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-13/meta-s-open-perception-models-move-into-assistive-robotics-a
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/), [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/genesis-mission-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-segment-anything-dino/)

Meta published an account of the University of Pittsburgh using its Segment Anything and DINO models in assistive robotics for people with mobility impairments. The engineering point is not the robot itself. It is that a research group buil…

This story is for subscribers. Read it in full at https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-13/meta-s-open-perception-models-move-into-assistive-robotics-a (subscription information: https://polylog.news/pricing).