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🇺🇸 Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5

Intuitive Surgical · USA · unveiled 2024
commercial teleoperated electric data confidence: high
58.0
SRMX Score
Rank #1 of 1 surgical & clinical

Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot

Score breakdown

AutonomyManipulationHardwareCommercial
Autonomy & Intelligence · 15%35.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 35%86.5
Hardware & Engineering · 20%0.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 30%75.0

Not applicable to surgical & clinical robots: Mobility & Locomotion, Ecosystem & Viability. Excluded from the index and the remaining weights renormalised — not scored zero.

Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the SRMX. Compare it only with other surgical & clinical robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →

Notable

FDA 510(k) cleared March 2024; 10,000× the compute of da Vinci Xi and the first da Vinci with force feedback. 870 units placed in 2025.

Deployment evidence

Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.

Urologic, general laparoscopic, gynecologic and thoracoscopic surgery

unknown · unverified

  • No deployment-specific evidence recorded.

Cardiac procedures (FDA clearance, January 2026)

unknown · unverified

  • No deployment-specific evidence recorded.

Specifications

Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.

Height
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Weight
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Payload
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Total DoF
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Form factor
multi-arm-cart
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

AI model
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Autonomy
teleoperated
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 in context: rank, rivals and specs

da Vinci 5 is a surgical robot from Intuitive Surgical in USA, and it is commercially available. It scores 58.0 on the Surgical Robot Metric, the only surgical robot ranked so far.

On autonomy, it is remotely operated in its public demonstrations, which the index caps low however capable the hardware. 2 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.

Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.

Task evidence

Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →

No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.

Frequently asked questions about the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5

How much does the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 cost?

Intuitive Surgical has not published a price for the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5, and none is estimated here.

Is the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 autonomous?

The Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 is remotely operated in its public demonstrations, which the index caps low however capable the hardware. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.

Who makes the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5?

The Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 is made by Intuitive Surgical, in USA.

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HMX score: 58.0