Surgical robotics archives vol.3

This series of articles provides an insight into the historical origins of surgical robotics. See our previous articles here and here.

The  concept of dual console control for a surgical robot with Zeus system. Intuitive filed a similar patent even before, in 1998; yet it was only commercialized with the da Vinci Si in 2009:

The key patent of the Green Telepresence system (1992).