Surgical Robotics

First robot-assisted procedure

1985

The first documented use of a robot-assisted surgical procedure occurred in 1985

Probot

1991

First use of robotics to remove significant amount of tissue from a patients prostate

First use on humans

1992

In 1992 the system unit Orthodoc and the milling robot Robodoc were first used on humans

Aesop

1993

In 1990 the AESOP system produced by Computer Motion became the first system approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its endoscopic surgical procedure.

da Vinci

1999

launched by intutive

da Vinci Surgical System

2000

The da Vinci Surgical System is a robotic surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000

Arcobot

2001

First use of collaborative robotics to remove bone from a patient

Computer Motion and Intutive merge

2003

TGS(rio)

2005

FDA clearance

Sensei

2007

FDA clearance