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

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is funding a five-year effort that runs Segment Anything and DINOv3 locally so perception does not depend on network connectivity.

- Published: 2026-09-06T06:32:46.692Z
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- Sources: [Meta AI Blog](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/)

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh are building a combined powered wheelchair and robotic arm under a program funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) at up to $41.5 millio…

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