The robotic surgery platform that made minimally invasive, teleoperated procedures mainstream in hospitals worldwide.
- Company
- Intuitive Surgical
- Country
- United States
- Status
- Commercial
- Generation
- Xi / multi-generation
- Category
- Medical
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The robotic surgery platform that made minimally invasive, teleoperated procedures mainstream in hospitals worldwide.
- Company
- Intuitive Surgical
- Status
- Commercial
- Generation
- Xi / multi-generation
- Category
- Medical
Quick specs
Height
Console system
Weight
Multi-cart
Top Speed
N/A
Autonomy
Teleoperated
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RoboDex Score
95
Community 10.0 / 10 · 1 rating
Innovation93
AI75
Mobility70
Utility98
Design90
Editorial Assessment
Reviewed by RoboDex Editorial
Date August 2026
Sources 5
Confidence HIGH
Assessment Version 1
Editorial Notes
Surgical robotics flagship — utility and engineering excellence.
Technical dossier
Technical narrative
Visual brief
History
Cleared for clinical use around 2000, da Vinci grew from early telepresence research into the dominant robotic surgery platform.
Purpose
Enable surgeons to operate through tiny incisions with magnified 3D vision and wristed instruments.
Highlights
Thousands of systems are installed globally; millions of procedures have been performed with da Vinci platforms.
Development
Successive generations (S, Si, Xi, and beyond) refined instruments, vision, and OR workflow for specialties from urology to cardiac.
Future Roadmap
Competition and AI-assisted guidance are expanding, but da Vinci remains the reference standard for soft-tissue robotic surgery.
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