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Hugo RAS vs Maestro in 2026

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

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Hugo RAS is further along: at the commercial stage versus Maestro at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

Hugo RAS has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).
Hugo RAS is at the commercial stage; Maestro at the pilot stage.

Attribute	Hugo RAS View full model page →	No image on file Maestro View full model page →
Manufacturer	Medtronic	Moon Surgical
Form factor	surgical	surgical
Maturity	commercial	pilot
Autonomy	◐ not independently verified	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	Not announced	$300,000-$800,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, verified)
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	4	1Moon Surgical
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	18	9

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Editorial summaries

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.

Maestro

Moon Surgical's Maestro is a laparoscopic surgical-assistant platform (it holds and positions instruments and the endoscope alongside the surgeon, not a full master-slave teleoperated replacement system) and the assistive-laparoscopy archetype of DEPLOY's surgical cluster, editorially distinct from the replacement-robotics of Intuitive, Medtronic, and CMR. Its ScoPilot software is shipped AI (NVIDIA Holoscan-powered) for intraoperative scope control.

On regulatory status (a correction worth recording): the Maestro received FDA 510(k) clearance K240598 on June 5, 2024 (not December 2023), and ScoPilot was FDA-cleared in 2025 with a Predetermined Change Control Plan. As enterprise B2B surgical equipment, there is no consumer price.

Common questions

How do Hugo RAS and Maestro differ?

On DEPLOY's record, Hugo RAS is further along: at the commercial stage versus Maestro at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Hugo RAS has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1). Hugo RAS is at the commercial stage; Maestro at the pilot stage.

What is the difference between Hugo RAS and Maestro?

Hugo RAS and Maestro 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.

Is Hugo RAS or Maestro more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither Hugo RAS nor Maestro 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, Hugo RAS or Maestro?

Hugo RAS has more verified deployments (4) on the DEPLOY registry than Maestro (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

Escuelas del Condado Clark inician nuevo ciclo con enfoque en matemáticas y lecturaMaestro · The Nevada Independent · 2026-08-12
Medtronic to unveil Touch Surgery Aide compute platform at SRS 2026Hugo RAS · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-07-21
Pacemaker manufacturer Medtronic warns patients cybercrooks may have swiped health dataHugo RAS · The Register · 2026-07-02
Moon Surgical wins first FDA 510(k) clearance for surgical robotMaestro · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-06-25

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