Robots · Surgical
da Vinci Surgical System
A teleoperated surgical system that lets a surgeon perform minimally invasive procedures with robotic instruments.
- Maker
- Intuitive Surgical
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Surgical
- Status
- Widely deployed clinically
- Mobility
- Stationary; articulated robotic arms
- Autonomy
- Teleoperated (surgeon-controlled, not autonomous)
- Actuators
- Multiple articulated instrument arms with fine motion scaling
- Onboard compute
- Control console translating surgeon motion to instruments
- AI models
- Assistive features; the system is surgeon-directed, not self-operating
- Perception
- Magnified 3D visualization for the surgeon
- Control
- Motion-scaled, tremor-filtered teleoperation
Sensors
High-definition 3D endoscopeInstrument position sensing
Use cases
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Urology, gynecology, general surgery
Limitations
- Not autonomous: the surgeon is always in control
- High cost and training requirements