Robot model
V1
Vicarious Surgical (based in the Waltham, Massachusetts area; public via a 2021 SPAC merger as NYSE: RBOT) is developing the V1, a single-port surgical robot…
- Manufacturer
- Vicarious Surgical
- Form factor
- surgical
- Maturity
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies V1, a surgical by Vicarious Surgical (research). 6 sources back the record.
Overview
Vicarious Surgical (based in the Waltham, Massachusetts area; public via a 2021 SPAC merger as NYSE: RBOT) is developing the V1, a single-port surgical robot concept built around a 9-degree-of-freedom human-like instrument and an immersive virtual-reality-style surgeon interface meant to transport the surgeon inside the patient. The headline finding is the company's distress: its first-quarter 2026 Form 10-Q carries an explicit going-concern substantial-doubt, with cash and short-term investments of $3.682 million as of March 31, 2026 and a stated runway only through the second quarter of 2026, a quarterly net loss of $7.329 million, and zero revenue ever, since the product has never been commercialized; NYSE trading was suspended on March 3, 2026 with delisting proceedings commenced, and the stock moved to the OTCQB on March 24, 2026 after a reverse split used as a survival maneuver.
The registry records V1 at research maturity, because it has no FDA clearance and not even an FDA submission yet, with its planned De Novo pathway and first-in-human study repeatedly delayed, so under the verified-vs-claimed framework no clearance means research-tier regardless of years of demonstrations, and the differentiators remain engineering concepts in animal-lab and design-freeze stage. The lifecycle is recorded as active but materially at risk of becoming discontinued within the cash-runway window, and this record should be re-verified within weeks given the Q2-2026 cliff.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
- Sources on file
- View all sources →
No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.
Key facts
Autonomy level
Maturity
Cash and short-term investments
Runway
Q1 2026 net loss
Accumulated deficit
Revenue
FDA clearance
FDA submission
Specs
Dof
Notes
Console
Products
Form Factor
Fda clearance
Visualization
Data & sources
Company filings
2
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Teleoperated (human-controlled)
Pricing
No verified price is on record for V1. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Vicarious Surgical V1 single-port system
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recordedJan 1, 2025
Not announced
Manufacturer-attributed media (1)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
Vicarious Surgical's film for its single-port V1 system with articulating 'human-like' instruments (the maker's framing). A surgeon-teleoperated system, not autonomous.
Safety record
No incidents on record for V1.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260303-vicarious-surgical-nyse-delisting
- https://www.therobotreport.com/vicarious-surgical-faces-nyse-delisting-again/
- https://www.massdevice.com/vicarious-surgical-timeline-delay/
- https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=RBOT
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001812173/000121390026049749/ea0287711-10q_vicarious.htm
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260316676583/en/Vicarious-Surgical-Announces-Strategic-Plan-to-Pursue-Nasdaq-Listing
Common questions
What is V1?
How much does V1 cost?
Is V1 actually deployed in the real world?
Who makes V1?
Can you buy V1?
What are alternatives to V1?
How does V1 compare to da Vinci (and Ion)?
Is V1 a top surgical?
What is V1's maturity stage?
Where is V1 deployed?
Is V1 safe?
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: surgical
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-sec-filing
- SEC filing
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for V1.Recent coverage
V1 in third-party press
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.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning V1 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/vicarious-v1.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/e6527aa8-0ffa-42a7-9edb-837f1575ad96
- Revision history: /models/vicarious-v1/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
V1 draws attention at the 87th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among surgical robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 2, 2026