Robot model
Toumai
The Toumai Endoscopic Surgical Robot is MicroPort MedBot's flagship laparoscopic surgical robotics system, featuring remote telesurgery capabilities.
- Manufacturer
- MicroPort MedBot
- Form factor
- surgical
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 8
Overview
The Toumai Endoscopic Surgical Robot is MicroPort MedBot's flagship laparoscopic surgical robotics system, featuring remote telesurgery capabilities. It became the world's first surgical robot to receive regulatory approval for commercial remote surgery in April 2025, and has been deployed in nearly 40 countries across six continents. Toumai has achieved 100+ commercial orders and 80+ installations worldwide, with notable deployments including Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Gemelli Hospital Italy, and AZ Delta Belgium.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 8 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 1 source, view all
Data & sources
Press releases
1
1 source backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Toumai. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (8)
- Toumai at Sao Paulo, Braziloperational
Hospital Nove de Julho completed Latin America's first commercial remote human surgery using Toumai
- Toumai at Bangkok, Thailandoperational
Rajavithi Hospital, Thailand's top teaching hospital, designated as official national training center for Toumai
- Toumai at Mumbai, Indiaoperational
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital performed 50+ urology procedures and began multi-specialty expansion within first month
- Toumai at Casablanca, Moroccooperational
Four installations in Morocco with over 500 surgeries performed
- Toumai at Luanda, Angolaoperational
World's first FDA-IDE approved USA-Africa robotic telesurgery performed at Cardeal Dom Alexandre do Nascimento Hospital Complex in Luanda.
- Toumai at Aalst, Belgiumoperational
AZ Delta in Belgium completed 100 cases within 10 weeks and performed Europe's first remote surgery using Toumai
- Toumai at Rome, Italyoperational
Gemelli Hospital in Italy completed over 50 cases using Toumai
- Toumai at Abu Dhabi, UAEoperational
Deployed at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, one of the Middle East's top-ranked medical centers
Toumai on the deployment map
Where Toumai is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Toumai.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
- Toumai Surgical Robot Achieves Global Commercialization Milestone with 100 Orders · https://microport.com/news/toumai-surgical-robot-achieves-global-commercialization-milestone-with-100-orders
Common questions
- What is Toumai?
- The Toumai Endoscopic Surgical Robot is MicroPort MedBot's flagship laparoscopic surgical robotics system, featuring remote telesurgery capabilities. It became the world's first surgical robot to receive regulatory approval for commercial remote surgery in April 2025, and has been deployed in nearly 40 countries across six continents. Toumai has achieved 100+ commercial orders and 80+ installations worldwide, with notable deployments including Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Gemelli Hospital Italy, and AZ Delta Belgium.
- How much does Toumai cost?
- Toumai's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Toumai from MicroPort MedBot. 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 Toumai actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Toumai is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Toumai?
- Toumai is made by MicroPort MedBot, based in Shanghai, China, founded in 2015.
- Where is Toumai deployed?
- 8 verified deployments of Toumai are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bangkok, Thailand, Mumbai, India.
- Can you buy Toumai?
- Toumai 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 Toumai?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable surgical robots to Toumai include da Vinci (and Ion), Epione, Hugo RAS, Mako.
- How does Toumai compare to da Vinci (and Ion)?
- Toumai and da Vinci (and Ion) (Intuitive Surgical · 7 deployments) are both surgical robots on the DEPLOY registry. Toumai has 8 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- What is Toumai's maturity stage?
- Toumai 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.
- Is Toumai safe?
- Toumai 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 · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: surgical
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Toumai.Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/toumai.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/a371d99a-f14d-48c0-b38c-2e6cd12d4481
- Revision history: /models/toumai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP