Robotics in September 2023

September 2023

• 26 Sept 2023MilestoneMedical

  Maestro Moon Surgical · Cleared or mass market

  Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida did the first US operations with Maestro: weight-loss stomach surgeries.

  MassDevice, 26 Sept 2023Company-reported

• 22 Sept 2023MilestoneMedical

  Moxi Diligent Robotics (owned by Serve Robotics since 2026) · Paying customers

  Diligent raised another $25 million, in a round led by Canaan.

  The Robot Report, 22 Sept 2023Company-reported

• 18 Sept 2023MilestoneHumanoids

  Digit Agility Robotics · Paying customers

  Agility announced RoboFab, a robot factory in Salem, Oregon, that it said could scale to more than 10,000 robots a year.

  The Robot Report, 18 Sept 2023Company-reported

• 15 Sept 2023SetbackMedical

  Senhance Surgical System Asensus Surgical (formerly TransEnterix), owned by Karl Storz · Cleared or mass market

  Asensus recalled Senhance because faults could make the robot move on its own. The FDA called it a Class I recall, the most serious kind. Five US devices were affected and no patient harm was reported.

  FDA recall notice, 2023

• 15 Sept 2023SafetyMedical

  Senhance Surgical System Asensus Surgical (formerly TransEnterix), owned by Karl Storz · Cleared or mass market

  FDA Class I recall: malfunctions could cause unintended robot movement. Five US devices affected; no patient harm reported.

  FDA recall notice, 2023

• 8 Sept 2023RegulatorDrones

  UPS Flight Forward UPS (with Matternet drones) · Cleared or mass market

  The FAA gave UPS Flight Forward permission to fly drones beyond the operator's line of sight, so it could deliver small packages with Matternet M2 drones.

  DroneXL, 8 Sept 2023

• 6 Sept 2023MilestoneWarehouse

  MujinController and MujinOS Mujin · Paying customers

  Mujin raised $85 million in a Series C round led by SBI Investment.

  The Robot Report, 6 Sept 2023Company-reported

• 5 Sept 2023RegulatorMedical

  LightStrike Xenex Disinfection Services · Cleared or mass market

  The FDA cleared the LightStrike+ robot through the De Novo route, creating a new device category for UV robots that reduce germs on hard surfaces in healthcare settings.

  Xenex press release, 5 Sept 2023Company-reported

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