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Ottava: Is this how the arms work and workflow works?

Ottava: Is this how the arms work and workflow works?

Ottava: How might the arms work and what would set up be like

Steve Bell speculates on Ottava based on recent patent updates. He blends real world images with patent diagrams to determine if this patent was reduced to a real world product.

Aug 26, 20251 min read

Who will drive Endoluminal Surgery

Who will drive Endoluminal Surgery

So who will drive Endoluminal Robotic Surgery?

Steve Bell asks the question - who will drive the revolution in endoluminal robotic surgery.

Aug 19, 20256 min read

Steve Bell talks endoluminal robotic delivery of metabolic therapies

Steve Bell talks endoluminal robotic delivery of metabolic therapies

Endoluminal delivery of metabolic therapies - a use for endoluminal robotics?

Endoluminal Metabolic Therapies could be delivered by Endoluminal robots to give better precision and repeatability

Aug 12, 20254 min read

My secret weapon to know what is coming next in Surgical Robotics

My secret weapon to know what is coming next in Surgical Robotics

My secret weapon to know what is coming next in Surgical Robotics

ORCA 1 is the weapon to know what's next "Steve... how do you know what's coming and how do you predict so much stuff right?" - I have a...

Aug 6, 20251 min read

Four Platforms every surgical robotics company will need

Four Platforms every surgical robotics company will need

Four Platforms every surgical robotics company will need

Steve Bell Dives into 4 robotic platform types Segmentation is already here. And if you think the world is all about the da Vinci Xi and...

Aug 5, 202513 min read

Steve Bell on Swan Endosurgical

Steve Bell on Swan Endosurgical

Swan Endosurgical - founded by Olympus and Revival Healthcare Capital - is about to change the rules

Swan Endosurgical just broke all the rules in GI endoscopy and things are about to change.

Jul 31, 202521 min read

SRS 2025 in review with Steve Bell

SRS 2025 in review with Steve Bell

Society of Robotic Surgery 2025 meeting roundup (SRS 2025)

Steve reviews his top themes from SRS 2025 and what that means for the industry.

Jul 22, 202510 min read

Hubs or Towers? What's the future for this central piece of the OR

Hubs or Towers? What's the future for this central piece of the OR

For robotics of the future - are we talking towers or hubs?

As we move forwards the tower is about to give way to the hub. Making the smart OR built around the HUB not the smart OR built around the surgeon.

Jul 15, 202513 min read

Steve Bell goes beyond Surgery

Steve Bell goes beyond Surgery

Beyond Surgery: A Futuristic AI-Driven Robotic Health System

In this article Steve Bell and ChatGPT gaze ahead ti the future beyond surgery today

Jul 9, 202530 min read

Next level Robotic Surgical Simulation

Next level Robotic Surgical Simulation

Next level surgical robotic Simulation

Simulation in surgical robotics is about to potentially take a step up.

Jul 8, 20253 min read

I think Intuitive is about to upgrade its imaging capabilities

I think Intuitive is about to upgrade its imaging capabilities

Are Intuitive about to seriously update their imaging capabilities?

Intuitive has already cleared a lot more in imaging than you probably realise....

Jun 30, 202511 min read

Which of the healthcare robots will survive?

Which of the healthcare robots will survive?

Which health robots will survive?

Hard to predict b its here a part of my algorithm to determine which robots will and won't survive.

Jun 25, 202510 min read

12 exciting areas in healthcare robotics you should know

12 exciting areas in healthcare robotics you should know

12 emerging health robotics areas that should have your attention

It's not just da Vinci or Malo. There's a whole world of exciting health robots to get involved with

Jun 18, 202512 min read

Ethicon 4000 stapler and Ottava

Ethicon 4000 stapler and Ottava

Johnson & Johnson drops the Ethicon 4000 stapler with Ethicon 3D staple technology: Ready for Ottava

The Ethicon 4000 stapler calls out Ottava - so I'm all in on this

Jun 11, 202512 min read

Teaching hospitals should be obliged to have multiple surgical robots - Agree?

Teaching hospitals should be obliged to have multiple surgical robots - Agree?

Teaching hospitals should be obliged to have multiple types of surgical robots: Agree?

I believe teaching hospitals should be obliged to take on multiple shift tissue surgical robots equally

Jun 10, 202515 min read

The soft tissue surgical robotics mid year review

The soft tissue surgical robotics mid year review

Soft Tissue Surgical Robotics Mid Year Review 2025

A podcast that looks back on my predictions for 2025 and what was right and wrong.

Jun 4, 20251 min read

The race in surgical robotics will all be won on arm designs

The race in surgical robotics will all be won on arm designs

The Arms race in surgical robotics - why they are so important in design choice

In surgical robotics the arm design is everything - from Z-rails to V-wrists - to no arms - which is the winner

May 28, 202522 min read

Endolumenal Surgery just move forwards big time

Endolumenal Surgery just move forwards big time

Endolumenal robotics moves ahead with Endoquest and Virtuoso Surgical

Endolumenal surgery took a massive advance forwards with the first in human cases of Endoquest and Virtuoso Surgical.

May 20, 20259 min read

Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery

Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery

Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery

Wristed Precision or Costly Decision? A 10-Year Review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Surgery Please don't gnash your teeth at me. I'm just...

May 13, 202535 min read

Dualto is a sneak Peak into Ottava

Dualto is a sneak Peak into Ottava

Dualto is a sneak peek inside Ottava

Can we draw conclusions about the design of Ottava from understanding more about Dualto

May 8, 202518 min read

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