# Pittsburgh Researchers Are Running Meta's Perception Models On-Device for a Robotic Wheelchair

DINOv3 and Segment Anything run on battery-powered hardware in a platform funded by up to 41.5 million dollars from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

- Published: 2026-08-20T06:25:18.874Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-20/pittsburgh-researchers-are-running-meta-s-perception-models
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/)

The University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories is building the Robotic Assistive Mobility and Manipulation Platform, funded by up to 41.5 million dollars from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)…

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