MedicalSpine surgery robot
ExcelsiusGPS
ExcelsiusGPS is a robotic arm with a navigation system that helps spine surgeons place screws and spacers in the spine. It is sold to hospitals in the US and Europe. MedTech Dive, 20 June 2024
- Evidence
- Independently reported
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- June 2024
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- In use in hospitals in the US since late 2017, and in Europe since 2018. Globus Medical press release, 6 Dec 2018
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- A surgeon operates; the robot guides where screws go.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
03Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
Globus recalled 9 kits of an add-on part used with ExcelsiusGPS for X-ray imaging, because a calibration error could make the navigation inaccurate and a screw could be placed in the wrong spot. The FDA listed it as a Class 1 recall (its most serious kind). FDA recall record Z-0642-2024, posted 18 Jan 2024
On video
What it looks like, at stage 5
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
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MERC Trauma Course 2026
An Introduction to the SpineTRACK™ Registry
An Introduction to the OrthoTRACK™ Registry
TENSOR Suture Button System - Technique AnimationIn clinical trials
1 registered trial
From ClinicalTrials.gov, read every day.
FDA record
10 FDA records
Clearances and recalls from the FDA's own database.
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusGPS Instruments5 Nov 2025 · K250599
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusGPS® Instruments20 Dec 2024 · K243671
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusFlex14 June 2024 · K240721
- RecallExcelsiusGPS Cannula A, 9mm x 250mm, Cannula used with ball tip probes, Model No. 6143.284415 Dec 2023
- RecallExcelsiusGPS Flat Panel Fluoroscopy Fixture Kit, Part number 6203.21007 Dec 2023
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusHub25 Aug 2021 · K211616
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusGPS Cranial 1.0 Module10 July 2020 · K200047
- 510(k) clearanceExcelsiusGPS Spine 1.1 Interbody Module24 July 2019 · K191100
How we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 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: The FDA cleared a sister robot, ExcelsiusFlex, for knee replacement and other joint surgery (June 2024); The FDA cleared ExcelsiusGPS through the 510(k) route (K171651) for open and minimally invasive spine and orthopedic surgery (16 Aug 2017).
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Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. No 2026 installed-base or procedure count found in an independent source; a MarketBeat summary of the Q2 2026 call cites more than 137,000 robotic procedures but was not used. Globus also sells ExcelsiusHub and the ExcelsiusXR headset (launched 2025) in the same family.
Sources
- 01MedTech Dive, 20 June 2024
- 02Globus Medical press release, 6 Dec 2018
- 03Globus Medical press release, 15 July 2021
- 04MassDevice, 17 Aug 2017 (FDA record K171651)
- 05FDA recall record Z-0642-2024, posted 18 Jan 2024
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “ExcelsiusGPS (Globus Medical): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/excelsiusgps. Checked 19 October 2026.
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