Surgical robot incidents in 2025
The Machine Record lists 3 verified incidents involving surgical robots dated 2025: 2 where a person was hurt, 0 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- Cases
- 3
- Someone hurt
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Escalated
- 0
- Period
- 2025-04 to 2025-11
By month
- January 0
- February 0
- March 0
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- May 0
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- July 0
- August 0
- September 0
- October 0
- November████████████ 1
- December 0
By outcome
- serious injury1
- minor injury1
- no harm1
By type of event
- lawsuit2
- recall1
By company
Counts measure what was reported in English and cleared verification, not how many events took place. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of this is a rate. Rules are on the methodology page; the numbers are CC BY 4.0, cite this page. CSV, JSON and an API are on the data page.
Cases
The 3 cases behind the number
Newest first. Each one links to its timeline and to the sources it rests on.
- 2025-11-05A private Tasmanian hospital is being sued over an injury claim related to robotic surgery.Report
- 2025-06-12Medtronic issued an urgent field safety notice in Europe for its Hugo surgical robot's surgeon consoles due to potential main power supply failures, with 25 complaints received including six non-serious injuries and no serious patient harm reported.Report
- 2025-04-01Class certified for purchasers in antitrust lawsuit against surgical robot manufacturerReport
Questions
What people ask about these numbers
- How many surgical robots incidents were there in 2025?
- The Machine Record lists 3 verified incidents involving surgical robots dated 2025: 2 where a person was hurt, 0 that reached a regulator, recall, fine, lawsuit or settlement. Counted on 2026-10-03; every case links to its sources.
- What counts as an incident here?
- A case enters the register only when two independent published sources or one regulator record (NHTSA, CPSC, OSHA, EU Safety Gate) describe the same event with a date and an outcome. Demonstrations that went wrong, recalls, investigations, injuries and deaths all count; marketing and speculation do not.
- Is this every incident that happened?
- No. It is every incident reported in English that cleared verification. Fleet sizes are not public, so none of these numbers is a rate, and a company with more cases is often a company with more vehicles on the road and more press coverage.
- Can I reuse these numbers?
- Yes. Case metadata is CC BY 4.0: cite The Machine Record with a link. CSV and JSON exports and an API are on the data page.
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