# 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.

- Published: 2026-10-18T06:13:15.484Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-10-18/university-of-pittsburgh-builds-an-arpa-h-robotic-wheelchair
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- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/assistive-robotics-university-of-pittsburgh-sam-dino/), [University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine](https://www.medschool.pitt.edu/news/university-pittsburgh-lead-team-415m-project-create-robotic-wheelchair), [All-AI](https://www.all-ai.de/news/news26/meta-ki-rollstuhl)

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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