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CORI vs ROSA in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, ROSA has more verified real-world deployments (2 versus 1) than CORI as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

CORI has the lower recorded price.
ROSA has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).

Attribute	No image on file CORI View full model page →	No image on file ROSA View full model page →
Manufacturer	Smith+Nephew	Zimmer Biomet
Form factor	surgical	surgical
Maturity	commercial	commercial
Autonomy	◐ not independently verified	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	$600,000-$1,200,000 (analyst estimate)	$1,000,000-$1,500,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, verified)	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	1Smith+Nephew	2Zimmer Biomet, Zimmer Biomet
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	11	14

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Editorial summaries

CORI

Smith+Nephew's CORI Surgical System is a compact, surgeon-controlled handheld robotics platform for orthopedic knee surgery and the handheld, imageless archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort. It is imageless (no pre-operative CT or MRI): the surgeon paints the joint surface intra-operatively to build a 3D bone model, then uses a handheld robotic bur whose cutting speed and exposure are robotically controlled to the surgical plan, with optical navigation.

Its small footprint positions it for ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient ORs. It is AI-augmented but surgeon-controlled, not autonomous. A critical verified-vs-claimed distinction aggregators routinely blur: CORI's robotic burring is cleared for the knee only (total, partial/unicompartmental, and revision knee); its hip capability is navigation-only (RI.HIP NAVIGATION, cleared January 2022), not robotic burring.

Made by Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN). As enterprise B2B surgical equipment, there is no consumer price.

ROSA

Zimmer Biomet's ROSA (Robotic Surgical Assistant) is a single articulated robotic arm coupled to optical navigation and 2D/3D planning software, and the mid-size, cross-domain archetype of the orthopedic sub-cohort: it spans orthopedics and neurosurgery. The arm positions and guides instruments but moves only on surgeon command; it does not cut or place autonomously (AI-augmented, surgeon-controlled).

Current Zimmer Biomet variants are ROSA Knee (total knee arthroplasty, imageless X-Atlas workflow, cleared January 25, 2019; 'ROSA Knee with OptimiZe' cleared November 14, 2025), ROSA Hip (direct-anterior total hip arthroplasty specifically, cleared August 18, 2021), ROSA ONE Brain (cranial neurosurgery: biopsy, SEEG, DBS, and endoscopy, cleared February 11, 2019), and ROSA Shoulder (cleared February 2024). Made by Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH).

Two cap-flags: ROSA Spine is not a current Zimmer Biomet variant (it left in the 2022 ZimVie spinoff), and Zimmer Biomet's autonomy ambitions run through its separate Monogram acquisition, not ROSA. As enterprise B2B surgical equipment, there is no consumer price.

Common questions

How do CORI and ROSA differ?

On DEPLOY's record, ROSA has more verified real-world deployments (2 versus 1) than CORI as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source. CORI has the lower recorded price. ROSA has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).

What is the difference between CORI and ROSA?

CORI and ROSA are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Which is cheaper, CORI or ROSA?

CORI has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than ROSA. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.

Is CORI or ROSA more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither CORI nor ROSA has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.

Which has more verified deployments, CORI or ROSA?

ROSA has more verified deployments (2) on the DEPLOY registry than CORI (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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