A wider surgical robotics portfolio
At the third edition of the Global Multi-Specialty Robotic Surgery Conference (SMRSC 2026) in New Delhi, India, SS Innovations International (Nasdaq: SSII) used its keynote to unveil a slate of concept and development-stage robots that extend the company well beyond the SSi Mantra system that put it on the map. Founder and chairman Dr. Sudhir Srivastava framed the new platforms as a single "next-generation robotic surgical ecosystem," designed to push robotic surgery into emergency rooms, conflict zones and remote facilities.
SSi Avtara: a humanoid for the OR
The SSi Avtara Humanoid Surgical Platform is the most ambitious of the announcements. Still in conceptual development, Avtara is a human-form robot built to operate hospital tools and infrastructure designed for people — gripping conventional instruments, interfacing with existing OR equipment and moving through unmodified corridors. SS Innovations says Avtara will combine teleoperation, AI-driven autonomy and real-time sensing to support not only surgery but also industrial, logistics and disaster-response use cases.
Vimana Aero: a drone with an operating arm
SSi Vimana Aero is a drone-based surgical delivery system intended to ferry a teleoperated surgical robot directly to wounded personnel in active battle zones or remote-trauma scenes. The system is designed to bridge the gap between point of injury and medical evacuation — surgeons would operate remotely while the platform stabilizes and treats patients on site. Vimana sits alongside SSi Operion, a mobile operating room, and a new single-arm robotic endoscopy and ultrasound cart shown at the same event.
Why it matters
SS Innovations has been one of the few surgical robotics companies launching at scale outside the U.S., with hundreds of Mantra systems deployed across India and emerging markets. Pushing into humanoid platforms and aerial deployment puts the company into direct conceptual competition with deep-pocketed robotics groups in the U.S., Europe and China — and broadens the conversation about how robotic surgery is delivered. For context on other surgical-robotics moves this week, see our coverage of Stryker's Mako RPS handheld debut at stryker-first-cases-mako-rps-handheld-knee-robot and CMR Surgical's Versius Plus FDA submission at cmr-surgical-versius-plus-510k-gynecology-submission.
Conference scale
The Delhi conference drew more than 1,600 in-person attendees and 1,000 virtual participants from 19 countries, with live telesurgeries and robotic procedures running alongside the keynotes. SS Innovations did not commit to commercial timelines for Avtara, Vimana or Operion, framing the announcements as a multi-year roadmap rather than near-term products.
Reporting based on coverage from SS Innovations International press materials, GlobeNewswire, The Robot Report, and Healthcare Executive.