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Morning Edition · Friday, August 21, 2026Published at 2:31 AM EDT · New York
Meta Puts Its Open Perception Models Into a $41.5 Million Robotic Wheelchair Program
The University of Pittsburgh project already has federal funding and a working prototype, and Meta says its segmentation and visual feature models handle the perception layer.
Meta has described how its Segment Anything and DINO model families are being used in assistive robotics work at the University of Pittsburgh. The underlying program is independently documented and well funded. The university's Human Engine…
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