# Meta's Open Perception Models Turn Up in Assistive Robotics and National-Lab Science

The University of Pittsburgh is using Segment Anything and DINO for assistive manipulation, while Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory applies the same models to Genesis Mission projects.

- Published: 2026-09-25T13:31:21.671Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-09-25/meta-s-open-perception-models-turn-up-in-assistive-robotics
- 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/), [NVIDIA](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/open-protein-dataset/)

Meta published two deployment accounts of its open perception models on the same day. One describes the University of Pittsburgh using Segment Anything and DINO in assistive robotics, where the central challenge is recognizing and grasping…

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