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Morning Edition · Sunday, October 18, 2026Published at 2:13 AM EDT · New York
University of Pittsburgh Builds an ARPA-H Robotic Wheelchair on Meta's SAM and DINO Models Running at the Edge
The project has up to $41.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and runs the vision models on the device for 360-degree awareness, without cloud round-trips.
The University of Pittsburgh's Human Engineering Research Laboratories lead the Robotic Assistive Mobility and Manipulation Platform (RAMMP). The project is funded with up to $41.5 million by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health…
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