The da Vinci® robotic system (Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) is the first telerobotic manipulation system approved by the US FDA for intraabdominal surgery.
The da Vinci robotic system was designed to overcome the limitation of open & laparoscopic surgery. It has three components.

1. Surgeon’s console or master manipulator.
2. Surgical cart or slave manipulator which has four robotic arms.
3. Trolley holding monitor.

 
Surgeon performs the surgery by manipulating the robotic control in consol.
The Robotic system has several advantages.

1. It provides 3D imaging system.
2. Robot downscales and filters physiologic human tremors while performing surgery.
3. The central robotic arm holds the camera & others hold the surgical instruments.
4. The key technology of da Vinci system is the Endo wrist function at the tip of robotic arms, which provide 7 degree of freedom, 180 degrees articulation, & 540 degrees of rotation. This provides the most important technological advantage for precise surgery.