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SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System

surgicalcommercialby MicroPort Scientific Corporation

Robotic-assisted surgical system for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA), developed by MicroPort MedBot subsidiary.

Track SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System
Manufacturer
MicroPort Scientific Corporation
Form factor
surgical
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System, a surgical by MicroPort Scientific Corporation (commercial). 3 sources back the record.

Overview

Robotic-assisted surgical system for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA), developed by MicroPort MedBot subsidiary. Features intelligent preoperative planning, CT-based navigation, real-time accuracy compensation, and a high-precision lightweight medical robotic arm. First Chinese-developed surgical robot to receive FDA, CE, and NMPA approval. Over 1,100 clinical surgeries completed across ~70 hospitals in China, the US, and Europe.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
Sources on file
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No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Key facts

Approvals

NMPA (Apr 2022), FDA (Jul 2022), CE Mark (Dec 2022).

Indications

Total knee and total hip arthroplasty.

FDA class

Class II stereotaxic instrument for CT-based total knee arthroplasty.

Components

Console with robotic arm, optical tracking navigation, planning software.

Procedures (Apr 2024)

1,100+ TKA surgeries globally.

Hospitals

About 70 in China, US and Europe.

Outcomes (company-claimed)

0.2 deg joint angle error; ~50% less surgery time; >30% less blood loss.

Data & sources

Government records

1

Web sources

2

3 sources backing this record.View all →

Pricing

No verified price is on record for SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.microportortho.com/press-release/microport-medbot-navibot-announces-first-clinical-use-skywalkertm-surgical-robot
  2. https://microport.com/news/microport-medbot-skywalker-orthopedic-surgical-robot-obtains-ce-marking-in-eu
  3. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf21/K213873.pdf

Common questions

What is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System?
Robotic-assisted surgical system for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA), developed by MicroPort MedBot subsidiary. Features intelligent preoperative planning, CT-based navigation, real-time accuracy compensation, and a high-precision lightweight medical robotic arm. First Chinese-developed surgical robot to receive FDA, CE, and NMPA approval. Over 1,100 clinical surgeries completed across ~70 hospitals in China, the US, and Europe.
How much does SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System cost?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System from MicroPort Scientific Corporation. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System actually deployed in the real world?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System is recorded at the commercial stage, but DEPLOY has no deployment verified at a named site yet; vendor deployment claims are not independently confirmed here. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System is made by MicroPort Scientific Corporation, based in Shanghai, China, founded in 1998.
Can you buy SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
What are alternatives to SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System include da Vinci (and Ion), Edge Multi-Port Surgical Robot, Edison Histotripsy System, Stryker Mako SmartRobotics.
How does SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System compare to da Vinci (and Ion)?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System and da Vinci (and Ion) (Intuitive Surgical · 15 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System a top surgical?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System ranks in roughly the top 82% of surgical models tracked by the registry.
What is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System's maturity stage?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Where is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System deployed?
No verified deployments of SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System safe?
SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: surgical

Sources by quality tier

2
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
primary-fda-database
FDA database

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for SkyWalker™ Surgical Robotic System.