Top 35 Medical Robotics startups

Updated: Apr 28, 2026
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Medical Robotics startups develop new robots for surgery, rehabilitation and patient care.
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Medical Microinstruments
Country: Italy | Funding: $220M
MMI (Medical Microinstruments) produces the world's most precise surgical robot, Symani with smallest wristed instruments. It allows surgeons to operate on lymphatic vessels smaller than 0.5 millimeters, while the physician monitors the procedure on a screen with a raised outline. The system is designed to perform microsurgical anastomoses, suture and ligate blood vessels, lymphatic ducts, and nerves, as well as for soft tissue dissection during open surgery. Symani is successfully used in neurosurgery, breast reconstruction after cancer, and lymphatic drainage procedures. MMI has also received FDA approval for clinical trials of surgical treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
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CMR Surgical
Country: UK | Funding: $1.3B
CMR Surgical created #Versius: the next-generation universal robotic system for minimal access surgery.
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Cornerstone Robotics
Country: Hong Kong | Funding: $475.6M
Cornerstone Robotics operates to improve the accessibility of high-end medical services in China.
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Profound Medical
Country: Canada | Funding: $326.2M
Profound Medical manufactures a device for MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation of the prostate cancer. TULSA-PRO is an FDA/CE-cleared surgical robot for ablation in men with localized prostate cancer, associated with obstructive benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), localized recurrent prostate cancer after radiation therapy or large-volume BPH. The system enables preoperative surgical planning, 360-degree guidance, precise and accurate targeting, automatic energy adjustment and real-time temperature monitoring.
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Palladyne AI
Country: USA | Funding: $323.1M
Palladyne AI is a robotics company developing wearable and teleoperated industrial robotics that improve the safety & productivity of their users.
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MMI
Country: Italy | Funding: $209.8M
MMI (Medical Microinstruments Inc) is a developer of novel robotic solutions for unmet medical needs.
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Neura Robotics
Country: Germany | Funding: €185M
Neura Robotics develops cognitive robots that can be utilized in both industrial and daily settings.
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ForSight Robotics
Country: Israel | Funding: $190M
ForSight Robotics has developed JASPER surgical robotic platform for ophthalmology. It utilizes advanced 3D visualization and cognitive data analysis to enhance surgeon efficiency. With precise control and real-time feedback, the device enables more surgeons to achieve peak performance faster. The robotic arm has 14 degrees of freedom, enabling a range of motion encompassing every part of the patient's eye to treat anterior and posterior segment diseases. With micron-level precision it allows surgeons to perform at their peak during every procedure. Defined boundaries ensure that instruments move only within defined areas, enhancing precision and ensuring patient safety. The ergonomic design reduces physical strain.
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Neocis
Country: USA | Funding: $183.1M
Neocis develops robotic technologies for applications in the healthcare industry.
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EndoQuest
Country: USA | Funding: $128.7M
EndoQuest Robotics is a medical cquipment manufacturing company that makes endoluminal robotic surgical system for medical industries.
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Memic
Country: Israel | Funding: $128M
Memic has set out to transform robotic-assisted surgery, with proprietary technology that has the potential to far surpasses today’s best solutions. Providing unprecedented access and maneuverability, our Memic’s Hominis surgical platform features miniature, humanoid-shaped robotic arms with human dexterity, superhuman flexibility, and 360˚ articulation.
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Activ Surgical
Country: USA | Funding: $100.4M
Activ Surgical is building a hardware-agnostic platform to enable autonomous and collaborative surgery through the integration of computer vision, artificial intelligence and robotics.
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Mendaera
Country: USA | Funding: $97M
Mendaera develops collaborative robotic system that merges real-time imaging, AI and robotics to help providers make "precise and consistent intervention more accessible."
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Diligent Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $90.8M
Diligent Robotics builds AI-powered robot assistants that do humans' routine tasks. Moxi is our 1st commercial robot helping nurses.
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Intuition Robotics
Country: Israel | Funding: $83M
Intuition Robotics provides care companion technologies for older adults.
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Vivodyne
Country: USA | Funding: $80M
Vivodyne develops an automated robotic system that discovers life-changing drugs and cellular therapies.
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Embodied
Country: USA | Funding: $77.4M
Embodied is a robotics and AI company developing state-of-the-art companion robots that aim to revolutionize care and wellness, enhancing quality of life for individuals and families.
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Clarapath
Country: USA | Funding: $75.2M
Clarapath is a medical robotics company that develops the SectionStar, a platform to mimic the human histotechnician.
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Mauna Kea
Country: France | Funding: $66.9M
Mauna Kea Technologies specializes in designing, developing, and selling optical biopsy devices and tools.
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IMRIS
Country: USA | Funding: $36.8M
As the intraoperative imaging expert, the solutions from IMRIS, Deerfield Imaging measurably improve patient outcomes through planning, product integration and clinical workflow to give surgeons access to diagnostic quality scans in operating room suites. The IMRIS Surgical Theatre, which uniquely transports MR and CT scanners to the patient using ceiling-mounted rails and incorporate other IMRIS imaging technology, are sold globally to hospitals that deliver clinical services to patients in neurosurgical, spinal, interventional and orthopedic markets.
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Vitestro
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €32M
Vitestro transform patient care with autonomous blood drawing technology. The company's device utilizes ultrasound-guided, AI-based 3D reconstruction with robotic needle insertion to collect a user's blood.
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Persist AI
Country: USA | Funding: $16.5M
Persist AI is a biotechnology company that builds long-acting microsphere formulations.
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EndoMaster
Country: Singapore | Funding: SGD20.5M
EndoMaster has developed a novel robotic-assisted surgical system for endoscopy that will significantly advance current endoscopic surgeries and enable surgeons to perform incision-less surgeries that could only be performed by open and laparoscopic surgery before. EndoMaster's robotic system will enable minimally invasive surgery in the body with increased precision and intuitiveness and reduced surgery time.
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SiYi Intelligence
Country: China | Funding: $15M
Siyi Intelligence specializes in the design, development and commercialization of cutting-edge solutions in rehabilitation, in particular medical rehabilitation robots.
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NAVIGANTIS
Country: USA | Funding: $13M
Navigantis empowers physicians to deliver uncompromised neurovascular care by creating a new frontier in surgical robotics.
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AiM Medical Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $11.5M
AiM Medical Robotics is developing portable, MRI-compatible surgical robot that can be useed in the MRI room and operating room. The company's goal is to improve outcomes for patients undergoing neurosurgery for functional brain disorders (Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, etc.) and brain cancer. It also can save hospitals money by eliminating errors and reducing procedure time. AiM's robotic platform can integrate into existing workflow and provide surgeons with real-time intraoperative MRI visualization combined with robotic control to ensure precise placement of neurostimulation electrodes, biopsies, tumor ablation and targeted intracranial delivery of therapeutic drugs. The system leverages AI to provide surgeons with predictive information in real time.
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Moray Medical
Country: USA | Funding: $5.7M
Moray Medical develops a structural heart robotic delivery systems for edge-to-edge valve leaflet repair.
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Mojo
Country: France | Funding: €5M
Mojo is creating the future of fertility care using AI and robotics, offering everyone access to reliable and affordable treatment.
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MotionRAD
Country: Germany | Funding: $4.5M
Developing MRI compatible robots for controlled motion of human joints and spine during fast MR imaging. This technology helps to detect injuries that are occult to conventional static MRI.
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avateramedical
Country: Germany
avateramedical develops system for Robot-Assisted minimally invasive surgery. Its mission is to provide access to robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgical procedures for people all over the world.
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ReHaptix
Country: Switzerland | Funding: 3
ReHaptix is a clinically validated mHealth application assisting patients and healthcare professionals in monitoring the rehabilitation progress of patients suffering from upper limb impairments caused by a neurological injury, such as stroke, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease.
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Soundsafe Care
Country: Italy | Funding: €1.8M
Soundsafe Care develops robotic device that utilizes ultrasound technology for the treatment of liver cancer. Its focused ultrasound provides a non-invasive and drug-free alternative to radiation therapy, reducing complications and hospitalization costs. Using advanced imaging and automation technologies, the device improves treatment precision and reduces intervention time. The company has developed proprietary software that automates the procedure, making it precise, reproducible and intuitive for the physician. Computer vision and robotics enable tracking and compensation of any potential movement of the therapeutic target, ensuring safety in various surgical settings and anatomical areas. Furthermore, therapy planning and automation speed up the treatment process.
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Avra Medical Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $542.3K
AVRA was organized by a senior leadership team with broad and deep experience in medical research, innovation. AVRA’s Surgeons are partnering with engineers and scientists to design and develop a novel, computer-integrated, semi/autonomous robotic platform that is truly disruptive.
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Eidos
Country: Russia
Eidos is supplying its proprietary simulator robots for surgery training
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Hash-Tech
Country: Germany
Hash-Tech creates robots for nursing homes: PhysioEye monitors mobility, ErgoBot delivers therapy, and TrollyBot handles daily logistics—so your staff can focus on people.
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