Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center is reportedly the first hospital in the region to install Brainlab's robotic imaging system,KRGV reported March 1.

Fusion Robotics is the latest device company to receive FDA clearance for a spine robot.

Neurosurgeon Sharad Rajpal, MD, completed Louisville, Colo.-based Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital's first spinal fusion involving Midas Rex high-speed drills with Medtronic's Mazor robot., Colorado Hometown Weekly reported Feb. 23.

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is developing the Neuralink surgical robot that will be used for neuroscience. 

The first robotic-assisted total knee replacement at St. Francis - Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Ga., was performed by George Zimmerman, DO, WRBL reported Feb. 22.

Ohio had the most centers that adopted surgical robots for spine and orthopedic procedures in 2020, with seven hospitals and health systems adding technology.

Enid, Okla.-based St. Mary's Regional Medical Center added Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee for total knee replacements.

Spine surgeons in Minnesota, Colorado and Indiana were the first in the U.S. to perform cases with Medtronic's newly approved Midas Rex high-speed drills.

Total joint specialist Rajeev Puri, MD, performed Amita Health St. Mary's Hospital's first two joint replacements with Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee in February.

Edmund Raycraft, MD, has completed more than 1,000 robotic-assisted surgeries with Stryker's Mako system, NBC affiliate WAND reported  Feb. 12.

Fauquier Health in Warrenton, Va., aims to become a leader in robotic surgery after recently  installing the ExcelsiusGPS and da Vinci Xi robots, the Fauquier Times reports.

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Medical Center started using Stryker's Mako robot, according to a Feb. 8 announcement.

MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland's Mark Goethe, MD, has completed the hospital's first robotic-assisted knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's Cori surgical system, local news radio station WSGW reports.

Montefiore Health System kicked off its robotic joint replacement program this month, Norwood News reports.

Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center is now offering robotic-assisted joint replacements and plans to add robotic spine surgery soon, according to the Hudson Reporter.

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London is the first National Health Service hospital in the U.K. to install the Orbeye 4K-3D Microscope, med-technews.com reported Jan. 21.

DePuy Synthes' Velys robotic-assisted solution on Jan. 19 received FDA clearance for use with the Attune total knee system.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health's Brent Knudson, DO, completed the region's first total knee replacement with Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee Jan. 11, the Minot Daily News reports.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island's Ian Madom, MD, started using the ExcelsiusGPS spine robot more than one year ago and now uses the technology in about half of his surgeries, The Independent reported Jan. 14.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island's Robert Marchand, MD, praised the effect of robotics on his practice 10 years after he completed his first robotic-assisted joint replacement at South County Hospital in South Kingstown, R.I., The Independent reports.