Robot Timeline

By MBoyette

  • The First Medical Robot

    The PUMA 560 was used to place a needle for brain biopsy

  • PROBOT

    The PROBOT was used in surgery

  • ROBODOC

    First robot to assist in a total hip arthroplasty

  • First Entirely Robotic Surgery

    Dr. Senthil Nathan completed the first entirely robotic surgery in history.

  • Zeus surgical system

    The surgeon sits a a console to operate the robot.

  • Da Vinci

    First robotic surgery system approved by the FDA for general laparoscopic surgery

  • neuroArm

    Made history by performing the first brain surgery to remove a tumor through a MRI-compatible robot.

  • BEAR

    Robot to bring wounded soldiers with no risk to human life