Medtronic puts $700 million into a surgical-robot partner
Medtronic is investing $700 million in Cornerstone Robotics, its surgical-robotics partner, to build out a multi-system portfolio anchored by the existing Hugo surgical robot and a new system called Sentire, according to The Robot Report.
For the 806: Surgical robotics is one of the few robotics categories already doing real, paid clinical work today, not just demos — a $700 million bet from an established medical-device company is a concrete signal of where that money expects the field to go next.