# Pittsburgh Researchers Build Meta's SAM 3 and DINO Into a $41.5 Million Robotic Wheelchair Program

The Robotic Assistive Mobility and Manipulation Platform (RAMMP), funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), uses open-weight perception models for object recognition and navigation. A prototype has climbed curbs and carried a drink.

- Published: 2026-08-15T06:14:29.474Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-15/pittsburgh-researchers-build-meta-s-sam-3-and-dino-into-a-41
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/)

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh are using Meta's Segment Anything Model 3 and DINO inside RAMMP, a program funded with up to $41.5 million from ARPA-H. Meta published an account of the integration…

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