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You probably don't know what Maestro from Moon Surgical actually is - Part 1
Surgical robots are mot all the same and surgical robotics expert Steve Bell digs into the different types of robots that are now available

Steve Bell
13 hours ago1 min read


BREAKING NEWS: Medtronic & Cornerstone Robotics in $700 Million team up
Breaking news: Medtronic collaborates with Cornerstone Robotics to commercialise their Sentire soft tissue surgical robot

Steve Bell
Sep 13 min read


Endovascular Robots - Have you worked it out yet or not?
A convergence of technology means that the time is right for a bug advancement in Endovascular robotics

Steve Bell
Aug 253 min read


Intuitive Endoluminal Gastrointestinal System (IG1000)
Intuitive just gained FDA clearance of the IG1000 endoluminal GI system Surgical robotics expert Steve Bell dives in an speculates what it could be

Steve Bell
Aug 1110 min read


OTTAVA Towering above?
Surgical robotics expert Steve Bell dives deep into the new Johnson & Johnson Ottava soft tissue surgical robot tower and software and how it compared to Intuitive DV5

Steve Bell
Aug 41 min read


OTTAVA - My detailed break down begins
It's here : the exciting launch of OTTAVA last week at the Society of Robotic Surgery in Miami. Following FDA Clearance via the de Novo pathway of Johnson & Johnson's new (and long awaited) soft tissue surgical robot OTTAVA. Over the coming weeks I'm pulling together all of my own personal thoughts and impressions about the system. I've been studying the patents for years - making guesses based of scant details - but now with the information in the public domain... I can m

Steve Bell
Aug 11 min read


Five big topics for health robotics ahead of SRS - Society of Robotic Surgery
It's that time of year again where anyone who is anyone in the field of robotic siurgey and mores so... healthcare robotics will assemble in Miami to hear the latest and greatest on where robotics in healthcare is and is heading. So you have some homework to do !! And here are 5 topics I'm helping you get up to speed with for the upcoming event. These are five key topics that will be explored in great depth at this years SRS 2026 meeting in Miami. https://srobotics.org/annu

Steve Bell
Jul 85 min read


Are these five big problems for Intuitive?
Robotics expert Steve Bell asks if Intuitive actually has five major problems hitting them.

Steve Bell
Jun 3014 min read


Force Feedback: Intuitive da Vinci 5 vs Johnson & Johnson Ottava
Theorising from patents how Ottava may implement force feedback vs what Intuitive probably do

Steve Bell
Jun 518 min read


Remanufacturing Robotic Instruments: Will it impact Intuitive’s I&A business?
Steve Bell (surgical robotics expert) dives deep into the impact of remanufactured surgical instruments on Intuitive

Steve Bell
May 1922 min read


Ottava: Clinical data tear down
OTTAVA: Steve Bell (surgical robotics expert) breaks down the latest OTTAVA clinical data on Johnson & Johnson's soon to be released surgical robot

Steve Bell
May 718 min read


There is no such thing as a cheap robot
There are no cheap surgical robots - Expert Steve Bell explains why

Steve Bell
May 516 min read


Force Feedback Instruments - More Lives
Intuitive quietly increased the lives and changed the design of their force feedback instruments

Steve Bell
Apr 296 min read


Next generation instruments are coming to surgical robotics
Steve Bell (robotics expert) dives into how instruments will be the differentiator of the future

Steve Bell
Apr 2111 min read


OTTAVA video - you asked
Steve Bell created an Ottava concept video to show what it may look like

Steve Bell
Apr 191 min read


It’s so frustrating to keep Hearing About RCTs Comparing Robotics to Manual Surgery
Surgical robotics experts is asking if the RCTs in robotic surgery are still relevant or local personal data is more important.?

Steve Bell
Apr 148 min read


10 reasons your soft tissue surgical robot is failing or will fail
Surgical Robotics Expert Steve Bell gives 10 reasons your surgical robot is likely failing or will fail

Steve Bell
Apr 714 min read


Versius - The most popular soft tissue surgical robot. After Intuitive.
Versius is and will be the number 2 surgical robot for the next decade.

Steve Bell
Mar 3110 min read


Version 5: Ultimate Soft Tissue Surgical Robot Comparison Chart
88 robots in soft tissue from lap surgery to natural orifice and endoluminal systems and now with more micro surgery systems

Steve Bell
Mar 253 min read


BREAKING NEWS: XCATH performed world's first remote teleoperated stroke thrombectomy
Massive news from XCATH - I said 2026 is the year of the rise of the endovascular robots. Today we have seen one of the most important health events of the decade. From now on teleoperated stroke treatment is now real - watch the video now

Steve Bell
Mar 191 min read
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