Another repeat of the Vicarious vs. da Vinci robotics success story
AIandDesign · x · 2026-07-23
A repeat of the same surgical robotics comparison: Vicarious’ robot never shipped, while Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci became a $10B+ annual business.
It underscores the same lesson about robotics: technical promise is not the same thing as a durable market.
Related event: Diverging Fortunes in Surgical Robotics: da Vinci vs Vicarious(4 posts)→
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