Toumai

The Toumai Endoscopic Surgical Robot is MicroPort MedBot's flagship laparoscopic surgical robotics system, featuring remote telesurgery capabilities. It became the world's first surgical robot to receive regulatory approval for commercial remote surgery in April 2025, and has been deployed in nearly 40 countries across six continents. Toumai has achieved 100+ commercial orders and 80+ installations worldwide, with notable deployments including Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Gemelli Hospital Italy, and AZ Delta Belgium.

Yes. Toumai is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Toumai is made by MicroPort MedBot, based in Shanghai, China, founded in 2015.

8 verified deployments of Toumai are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bangkok, Thailand, Mumbai, India.

Toumai is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to Toumai include da Vinci (and Ion), Edge Multi-Port Surgical Robot, Edison Histotripsy System, Stryker Mako SmartRobotics.

Toumai and da Vinci (and Ion) (Intuitive Surgical · 15 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. Toumai has 8 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Toumai ranks in roughly the top 9% of surgical models tracked by the registry.

Toumai is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Toumai has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.