# Pitt's ARPA-H Robotic Wheelchair Runs Meta's DINO and SAM On-Device for Real-Time 360-Degree Perception

The up to $41.5 million RAMMP project pairs a robotic arm with open vision models optimized to run on battery power, without a cloud connection.

- Published: 2026-10-11T06:16:05.908Z
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/), [Google Research](https://research.google/research-areas/health-ai/)

The University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) leads the Robotic Assistive Mobility and Manipulation Platform (RAMMP). The project has up to $41.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health…

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