ARTAS

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

   Placed by: Restoration Robotics got a CE mark to sell the ARTAS iX model in Europe (19 Aug 2019).

2. 4

   Paying customers

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Venus Concept's page says ARTAS iXi is FDA-cleared (Class II), but the original FDA 510(k) record and date for ARTAS, and the launch date of ARTAS iXi, could not be confirmed (web search ran out). No count of systems or procedures was found.