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Morning Edition · Sunday, September 13, 2026Published at 2:28 AM EDT · New York
Pittsburgh Researchers Run Meta's Perception Models On-Device in a $41.5 Million Robotic Wheelchair Program
The RAMMP platform pairs a seven-degree-of-freedom arm with SAM 3.1 and DINOv3 running locally, so environmental understanding does not depend on network connectivity.
The University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories is integrating Meta's SAM 3.1 and DINOv3 models into the Robotic Assistive Mobility and Manipulation Platform, a wheelchair system funded with up to $41.5 million from t…
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