Buying guide
Versius vs Hugo RAS in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | CMR Surgical | Medtronic |
| Form factor | surgical | surgical |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 2CMR Surgical, CMR Surgical | 3 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 18 | 14 |
Editorial summaries
Versius
CMR Surgical's Versius (and Versius Plus) is a modular, multi-arm, soft-tissue minimal-access surgical robot from UK-based CMR Surgical, and the international-soft-tissue archetype of DEPLOY's surgical cluster. Its modular multi-arm architecture is a deliberate contrast to the monolithic design of Intuitive's da Vinci: it is teleoperated and software-driven, capturing telematic, video, and outcome data. On regulatory status (a correction worth recording): Versius is US-FDA-cleared for cholecystectomy via a De Novo authorization in October 2024, with Versius Plus cleared via 510(k) on December 18, 2025 (also cholecystectomy) and a gynecology 510(k) submitted April 29, 2026 (pending); it is not broadly 'US-pending', only the gynecology indication is. It is CE-marked and commercial across Europe, Latin America, AMEA, and Australia. As enterprise B2B surgical equipment sold to hospitals, there is no consumer price.
Hugo RAS
Medtronic's Hugo RAS is a modular, multi-port teleoperated robotic-assisted-surgery system and the main commercial competitor to Intuitive's da Vinci. It is CE-marked in Europe (urology and gynecology, October 2021) and US FDA-cleared for urology only (December 2025: prostatectomy, nephrectomy, cystectomy); US general-surgery and gynecology indications are planned but not yet cleared. It is teleoperated with no shipped intraoperative AI. Medtronic does not disclose a Hugo installed-base count, so DEPLOY records honest absence rather than an invented number. It is enterprise B2B equipment; there is no consumer price.
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