Surgical Robotics News Surgical Robotics covers robot-assisted surgery systems, from established platforms like Intuitive's da Vinci to emerging entrants from Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, CMR Surgical, and startups. Coverage includes FDA clearances and regulatory milestones, clinical trial results, funding rounds and M&A, and advances in areas such as autonomous suturing, haptics, endoluminal robots, and AI-assisted imaging and navigation. Readers will find news, analysis, and market data on how robotics is changing laparoscopic, orthopedic, neurosurgical, and other procedures.
Intuitive Surgical Rolls da Vinci 5 Force Feedback and 100+ Updates Into Europe — Sep 26, 2026 — Intuitive Surgical is bringing CE-marked Force Feedback instruments, Intuitive Telepresence and more than 100 system updates for the da Vinci 5 platfo...FDA Draft Guidance Rewrites Premarket Bar For Surgical Robots — Sep 26, 2026 — The FDA has published its first comprehensive draft guidance for robotically-assisted surgical devices, setting non-clinical, clinical and labeling ex...Medtronic Wins FDA Clearance For LigaSure RAS Maryland On Hugo Robot — Sep 19, 2026 — Medtronic has secured FDA clearance for its LigaSure RAS Maryland instrument on the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system, delivering the first robot-n...Neptune Medical's Triton 1 Wins FDA Clearance For Robotic Colonoscopy — Sep 18, 2026 — Burlingame, California's Neptune Medical secured 510(k) clearance for its Triton 1 Robotic Endoscopy System after a pivotal trial that logged a 100% c...Medtronic Wins FDA Clearance For Robotic LigaSure Maryland On Hugo — Sep 17, 2026 — The FDA has cleared LigaSure RAS Maryland, the first robotic-driven version of Medtronic's vessel-sealing platform, for use on the Hugo robotic-assist...Stryker Runs First Hip Arthroscopy On Apple Vision Pro Using FDA-Cleared SportSuite Vision — Sep 9, 2026 — Stryker completed the world's first hip arthroscopy on Apple Vision Pro at Duke Health, using SportSuite Vision — the first FDA-authorized surgical ap...Roen Surgical's Zamenix Wins FDA Clearance For AI Kidney Stone Robot — Sep 8, 2026 — Roen Surgical's Zamenix has won FDA 510(k) clearance as the first AI-based flexible ureteroscopic kidney-stone surgery robot, opening a US path for th...Medtronic Backs Cornerstone Robotics With $700M For Two-Platform Surgical Robotics Push — Sep 3, 2026 — Medtronic will invest about $700 million in Hong Kong's Cornerstone Robotics and distribute its CE-marked Sentire surgical system alongside Hugo RAS,...J&J's Monarch Robot Wins FDA Clearance For AI Bronchoscopy Upgrade — Aug 21, 2026 — The FDA cleared Johnson & Johnson MedTech's Quest 3 software update for its Monarch bronchoscopy robot, adding AI-driven pre-procedure planning and 3D...FDA Authorizes Aletta, First Robotic Blood-Draw Device From Vitestro — Aug 20, 2026 — The FDA granted De Novo authorization to Vitestro's Aletta, the first stand-alone robotic device cleared to draw blood from a patient's arm in outpati...Distalmotion's DEXTER Wins FDA Nod For Ventral Hernia Repair — Aug 15, 2026 — Distalmotion's DEXTER robot secured FDA 510(k) clearance for ventral hernia repair, completing its US outpatient portfolio across four high-volume pro...Sight Sciences Wins FDA Nod For OMNI Ultra Single-Pass Glaucoma Device — Aug 8, 2026 — Sight Sciences has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its OMNI Ultra Surgical System, the first MIGS device authorised to perform circumferential canalo...ForSight's JASPER Hits 26-For-26 In Robotic Cataract Milestone — Aug 8, 2026 — Israel's ForSight Robotics says its JASPER surgical platform has now completed 26 first-in-human cataract cases with 100% robotic completion, moving t...Magnendo Bags $18M Series A Led By Penumbra For Magnetic Stroke Robotics — Aug 2, 2026 — MIT spinout Magnendo has closed an $18 million Series A led by Penumbra to productise its magnetic robotic navigation platform for stroke thrombectomy...MMI Wins FDA Nod To Expand REMIND Study, Advancing Robotic Microsurgery As An Alzheimer's Intervention — Aug 1, 2026 — The Italian surgical robotics maker's Symani platform can now enroll up to 15 patients in the first US early-feasibility study of lymphatic reconstruc...Endorobotics' Incisionless ROBOPERA Clears FDA, Locks In Olympus Global Distribution — Jul 30, 2026 — Korean startup Endorobotics wins FDA clearance for its endoscope-mounted ROBOPERA surgical robot and signs a global exclusive distribution deal with O...EndoQuest Closes PARADIGM Trial Enrollment With 100% En Bloc Resection Rate — Jul 27, 2026 — EndoQuest wrapped enrollment in its pivotal PARADIGM Trial after 50 robotic ESD procedures, reporting a 100% en bloc resection rate ahead of an FDA De...Medicaroid Wins Europe's CE Mark For Hinotori Surgical Robot — Jul 27, 2026 — Kobe-based Medicaroid, a Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Sysmex joint venture, has secured a CE mark for its hinotori surgical robot, clearing a Europea...FDA Clears Momentis Anovo For Multiport Surgery, A First For Robotics — Jul 26, 2026 — Momentis Surgical's Anovo becomes the first robotic surgical platform to support natural orifice, single-port and multiport access on one system after...Intuitive Sketches AI-Enabled Future Of Surgery At SRS 2026 — Jul 25, 2026 — Intuitive Surgical used the Society of Robotic Surgery 2026 meeting to lay out its long-term AI vision — from da Vinci 5 case guidance to SimNow train...