What is the difference between Hugo RAS and ROSA?

Hugo RAS 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.

Is Hugo RAS or ROSA more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither Hugo RAS 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, Hugo RAS or ROSA?

Hugo RAS has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than ROSA (2). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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Hugo RAS vs ROSA in 2026

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

Key differences

Hugo RAS has more verified real-world deployments (3 vs 2).

Attribute	Hugo RAS View full model page →	No image on file ROSA View full model page →
Manufacturer	Medtronic	Zimmer Biomet
Form factor	surgical	surgical
Maturity	commercial	commercial
Autonomy	◐ not independently verified	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	Not announced	$1,000,000-$1,500,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)	Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	3	2France, United States
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	16	14

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.

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

What is the difference between Hugo RAS and ROSA?: Hugo RAS 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.
Is Hugo RAS or ROSA more autonomous?: On the DEPLOY registry, neither Hugo RAS 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, Hugo RAS or ROSA?: Hugo RAS has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than ROSA (2). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

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