🩺 Recent Medical Robotics Milestones & Dates
📍 Slovakia’s first robot-assisted living donor kidney removal
🗓 28 January 2026 – Surgeons in Banská Bystrica successfully performed the first robot-assisted kidney removal from a living donor using a da Vinci system. This marks a major advance in transplant surgery precision and donor safety.
📍 UI Health Care’s first robotic living donor nephrectomy (USA)
🗓 23 February 2026 UI Health Care in Iowa completed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy, improving donor recovery and expanding eligibility for living kidney donation.
🌐 World’s first transatlantic remote robotic surgery (cadaver procedures)
🗓 11 November 2025 Doctors in the UK and the USA performed what’s believed to be the first remote robotic surgical procedures over 4,000 miles, using advanced connectivity to conduct stroke and other operations on cadavers suggesting future tele-surgery possibilities.
🌍 WHO & Society of Robotic Surgery global initiative
🗓 15 July 2025 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Society of Robotic Surgery (SRS) signed an agreement to expand access to virtual care and telesurgery worldwide, promoting equitable robotic healthcare.
📈 World Robotics 2025 Report on Medical Robots (industry growth)
🗓 7 October 2025 – The World Robotics 2025 industry report revealed medical robots sales up ~91 % in 2024, with rapid adoption in diagnostics, surgery, and rehabilitation.
