The Robot Report

Photos: First look at J&J’s Ottava surgical robot

Johnson & Johnson MedTech unveiled its long-awaited Ottava surgical robot after winning FDA de novo authorization. It’s the ...
Tech Times

J&J Ottava FDA Clearance Breaks da Vinci’s Two-Decade Soft-Tissue Monopoly

J&J Ottava robotic surgery won FDA de novo authorization for ten general surgery procedures on July 22, 2026, breaking ...
IFLScience

First Humanoid Robot Surgeries Have Been Performed On Live Animals – Why It Could Make Spaceflight Safer

If the last thing you saw before going under the anesthetic was a robot leaning over you, would you feel more or less safe?
CURE

Minimally Invasive Options in Rectal Cancer: TAMIS and Robotic Surgery

In the interview, Zhao explains how carefully selected patients with large benign rectal polyps or early rectal cancers may be candidates for transanal minimally invasive surgery, or TAMIS — an ...
FierceBiotech

FDA clears Johnson & Johnson’s surgical robot for ‘the next era in surgery’

The FDA has authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Ottava Robotic Surgical System as it looks to compete with Intuitive Surgical and Medtronic. Ottava is now FDA-approved for multiple soft tissue surgeries, ...
The Lancet

Transanal total mesorectal excision versus laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for mid and low rectal cancer (COLOR III): short-term outcomes of an international ...

lDepartment of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China mDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ...
The Lancet

Indocyanine green near-infrared fluorescence bowel perfusion assessment to prevent anastomotic leakage in minimally invasive colorectal surgery (AVOID): a multicentre ...

iDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands jCentre of Human Drug Research, Leiden, Netherlands kDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, ...