The surgeon can be right next to the patients bed and he can also be scrubbed in using SPORT if that makes u feel better but he will be off his feet and not so tired . The sport is mobile remember. Even with the da vinci the surgeon can still be close to the patient and scrubbed in. With the surgibot he still have to touch the controls just like sport or da vinci. IMHO all surgeons should be scrubbed in and ready to go just in case something goes wrong with using da vinci/sport or surgibot.