{"id":568673,"date":"2023-12-01T09:32:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=568673"},"modified":"2023-12-01T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:48:10","slug":"vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1678765245&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Robot Report Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Robot Report Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Future of Surgery: The long path to market for surgical robots with Adam Sachs from Vicarious\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/robot-report-podcast\/the-future-of-surgery-the-long-path-to-market-for-surgical-robots-with-adam-sachs-from-vicarious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Future of Surgery: The long path to market for surgical robots with Adam Sachs from Vicarious<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On this episode of the podcast, we check in with Adam Sachs, co-founder and CEO of Vicarious Surgical. He comes back to the show with an update on the long journey to market for surgical robots.<\/p>\n<p>Sachs last joined us in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/amazon-astro-underwhelms-vicarious-surgical-adam-sachs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 56<\/a>, back in September 2021 when his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?s=vicarious+surgical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> first launched its surgical robot into pilot implementations.<\/p>\n<p>Vicarious Surgical&#8217;s robot uses a single port requiring a 1.5 cm (0.5 in.) incision \u2014 smaller than the size of a dime \u2014 for the insertion of the camera and two robotic instruments, transporting surgeons to a new world of visibility and maneuverability.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vicarious Surgical - Brand Anthem\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4wohpOCz0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The assistive system has received &#8220;Breakthrough Device Designation&#8221; from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It features a self-wiping mechanism to help the surgeon to have clear 3D vision while remotely operating the end effectors inside of a patient. The robot is also intended to help with training and to improve outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Improve Robotic Surgery\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WJEio0eZ9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the company, which was founded in 2014, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicarioussurgical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you like the show, please subscribe and tell a friend about it. Thanks!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<h3>Episode timeline<\/h3>\n<p>28:48 &#8212; Interview with Adam Sachs, co-founder and CEO of Vicarious Surgical<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<h2>News of the week<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/cruise-cuts-by-gm-stir-doubts-in-drive-to-autonomous-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruise cuts by GM stir doubts in its drive to autonomous vehicles<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/eu-says-amazon-irobot-merger-may-restrict-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU says Amazon, iRobot merger \u2018may restrict competition\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/warehouse-automation-market-will-grow-again-2024-says-interact-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warehouse automation market to return to growth in 2024, says Interact Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-568305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RSE24_728x90_RegOpen_Vs1.jpg\" alt=\"SITE AD for the 2024 Robotics Summit registration.\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\/\">Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sachs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":567937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rbr50_analysis":"","rbr50_state":"","rbr50_country":"","rbr50_description":"","rbr50_numemps":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_radio":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_select":"","rbr50_url":"","rbr50_yearfounded":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1290,1770,2011,1401,3105,1390,2016],"tags":[2305,2282],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Robot Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T14:32:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T15:48:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Oitzman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@therobotguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@therobotreport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Oitzman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/\",\"name\":\"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-01T14:32:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-01T15:48:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9593fe808b6ef654ba859d9d0a52df\"},\"description\":\"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"This podcast episode discusses the challenges of surgical robotics. Source: Vicarious Surgical\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Robot Report\",\"description\":\"Robotics news, research and analysis\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9593fe808b6ef654ba859d9d0a52df\",\"name\":\"Mike Oitzman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe8a1aa1c9992e84750addd322bbf09b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe8a1aa1c9992e84750addd322bbf09b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike Oitzman\"},\"description\":\"Mike Oitzman is Senior Editor of WTWH's Robotics Group and founder of the Mobile Robot Guide. Oitzman is a robotics industry veteran with 25-plus years of experience at various high-tech companies in the roles of marketing, sales and product management. He can be reached at moitzman@wtwhmedia.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikeoitzman\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/therobotguide\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/author\/moitzman\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report","description":"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report","og_description":"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/","og_site_name":"The Robot Report","article_published_time":"2023-12-01T14:32:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-01T15:48:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mike Oitzman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@therobotguide","twitter_site":"@therobotreport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike Oitzman","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/","name":"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical - The Robot Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-01T14:32:19+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-01T15:48:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9593fe808b6ef654ba859d9d0a52df"},"description":"In this episode, we catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-In this episode, we discuss the possible fate of Cruise and catch up with Vicarious Surgical co-founder and CEO Adam Sach.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/vicarious-surgical-featured.jpg","width":770,"height":500,"caption":"This podcast episode discusses the challenges of surgical robotics. Source: Vicarious Surgical"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/vicarious-surgical-future-robotic-surgery-adam-sachs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The future of robotic surgery with Adam Sachs from Vicarious Surgical"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/","name":"The Robot Report","description":"Robotics news, research and analysis","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/db9593fe808b6ef654ba859d9d0a52df","name":"Mike Oitzman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe8a1aa1c9992e84750addd322bbf09b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fe8a1aa1c9992e84750addd322bbf09b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mike Oitzman"},"description":"Mike Oitzman is Senior Editor of WTWH's Robotics Group and founder of the Mobile Robot Guide. Oitzman is a robotics industry veteran with 25-plus years of experience at various high-tech companies in the roles of marketing, sales and product management. He can be reached at moitzman@wtwhmedia.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikeoitzman\/","https:\/\/x.com\/therobotguide"],"url":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/author\/moitzman\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}