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Surgical

Operating-room and medical robotics. Augmenting surgeons rather than replacing them — for now. The economics work differently here because the human is the value, not the cost.

ROSA Knee System (with OptimiZe) Shipping
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) Sep 13, 2026

ROSA Knee System (with OptimiZe)

  • surgical first assistant (limb positioning and retraction portion of the role)
  • orthopedic surgical technologist (scrub tech, via leaner team sizes as cases move to ambulatory surgery centers)
  • hospital operating room circulating nurse (arthroplasty service lines losing volume to ASCs)
Toumai (Toumai SP) Shipping
MicroPort MedBot (HKEX: 2252) Sep 6, 2026

Toumai (Toumai SP)

  • surgical first assistant (laparoscopic and urologic procedures)
  • operating room scrub / circulating nurse (standardized robotic-workflow procedures)
  • laparoscopic surgeon performing high-volume routine procedures
da Vinci 5 Shipping
Intuitive Surgical Aug 30, 2026

da Vinci 5

PROCEPT HYDROS Shipping
PROCEPT BioRobotics (NASDAQ: PRCT) Aug 23, 2026

PROCEPT HYDROS

from $495,000

  • transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) surgeon
  • HoLEP / laser enucleation subspecialist urologist
  • sterile processing technician (cystoscope reprocessing)
ExcelsiusGPS Shipping
Globus Medical Jul 26, 2026

ExcelsiusGPS

from $1,500,000

  • surgical first assistant (spine)
  • orthopedic / neurosurgical surgical technologist
  • intraoperative radiologic technologist (C-arm / fluoroscopy)
Stryker Mako (Mako 4 SmartRobotics) Shipping
Stryker Jul 12, 2026

Stryker Mako (Mako 4 SmartRobotics)

Dexter Shipping
Distalmotion (Switzerland) Jul 5, 2026

Dexter

hinotori Surgical Robot System Shipping
Medicaroid (Kawasaki Heavy Industries × Sysmex) Jun 28, 2026

hinotori Surgical Robot System

CMR Versius / Versius Plus Shipping
CMR Surgical May 31, 2026

CMR Versius / Versius Plus

Medtronic Hugo RAS Shipping
Medtronic May 24, 2026

Medtronic Hugo RAS

from $1,350,000

  • surgical first assistant (specific subtasks the wristed instruments absorb)
  • operating room circulating nurse (reduced per-procedure headcount as robot workflows standardize)
  • surgical technologist (instrument-handling roles where modular arm carts cut prep and turnover labor)
da Vinci Xi Shipping
Intuitive Surgical Aug 2, 2026

da Vinci Xi

from $2,000,000