Monarch

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: The FDA cleared Monarch Quest 3, a new software update for finding and reaching lung spots (17 Aug 2026); The FDA cleared Monarch for lung procedures in 2018. By late 2020 it had been used in more than 4,000 airway (bronchoscopy) cases (2018).

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. The task brief says Monarch is also used for kidney procedures. We could not confirm those FDA clearances, any recalls, or current system numbers, because the shared search and fetch budget ran out during this task.