# Meta's Open Vision Models Are Doing Production Work in National Labs and Assistive Robotics

Segment Anything and DINO are being used at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and in University of Pittsburgh work on robotic arms for people with paralysis.

- Published: 2026-09-09T06:20:57.202Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-09/meta-s-open-vision-models-are-doing-production-work-in-natio
- 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 has published two accounts of its open vision models being used outside consumer products. In the first, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory applies Segment Anything and DINO to early Genesis Mission projects, the United States feder…

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