Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

[Bristol19]

I think a lot of people are duped by the term "Robotic" being used to describe Surgibot. Gets them excited. It is NOT a robot any more than my steering wheel to tires linkage are robots. My ABS system is robotic.
Actually, SPORT and daVinci can at least claim a bit more that they are robotic in that they actively modulate the human's movements through software algorithms. True robots can make movements autonomously via stored programs and data, react to external events, and make decisions. Semi-automated suturing, or assisted debridement would be a likely first for true surgical robotics. Some of the orthopedic systems are the closest we have to true robotics.

No one is there yet. That is why the other more academically-driven platforms are no where near commercialization. They are pushing true robotics.

Surgibot is not a surgical robot. It is a MIS device. It is a joke to compare it to daVinci or hopefully, to SPORT.