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Smith+Nephew

Watford, England, United Kingdom · Robotics · Systems / Medical & surgical · Established · smith-nephew.com

Smith+Nephew develops and sells the CORI Surgical System, a robotic-assisted platform for orthopedic surgery. Its medical robotics business qualifies as a medical and surgical robotics system.

Robotics 100 · rank 65 · score 81 →Edition: November 2026

Positioning

Smith+Nephew's CORI handheld robotic platform (within the LSE:SN group) covers revision knee, hip, and shoulder procedures in hospital and ASC settings, with CORI XT first clinical cases in June 2026 (shoulder arthroplasty at Duke Health, knee at NYU Langone). It showcased handheld robotics at AAOS 2026. CORI-specific revenue is not broken out of the group.

Latest signals

  • CMR Surgical appoints Massimiliano Colella as Chief Executive Officer.CMR Surgical
  • CMR Surgical appointed Michelle Paknad as Senior Vice President, Global Business Development.CMR Surgical

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Facts, with sources

  • Smith+Nephew reported double-digit growth in global CORI surgical system installations in the first half of 2026.Deployment · investegate.co.uk
  • Smith+Nephew H1 2026 revenue was $3,097M, up 2.3% underlying; Orthopaedics fell 0.1% and full-year growth guidance was cut to about 4% from about 6%.Revenue · investegate.co.uk
  • Smith+Nephew completed first clinical cases with next-generation CORI XT handheld robot: shoulder at Duke Health and a Scottsdale ASC, knee at NYU Langone.Product launch · massdevice.com
  • Smith+Nephew reported the first-ever CORI robotic shoulder arthroplasty cases at Duke Health and showed CORI Shoulder with the Aetos implant at AAOS 2026.Deployment · massdevice.com

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials8
Progress8
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage6

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Medical & surgical

1Intuitive Surgical · 10029Stryker · 8660Zimmer Biomet · 8188Procept BioRobotics · 78

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Categories

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Questions this page answers

What does Smith+Nephew do?

Smith+Nephew develops and sells the CORI Surgical System, a robotic-assisted platform for orthopedic surgery. Its medical robotics business qualifies as a medical and surgical robotics system. Smith+Nephew's CORI handheld robotic platform (within the LSE:SN group) covers revision knee, hip, and shoulder procedures in hospital and ASC settings, with CORI XT first clinical cases in June 2026 (shoulder arthroplasty at Duke Health, knee at NYU Langone). It showcased handheld robotics at AAOS 2026. CORI-specific revenue is not broken out of the group.

Where does Smith+Nephew rank in robotics?

Smith+Nephew ranks 65 of 100 on the Robotics 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 81 out of 100, in Medical & surgical (Systems). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Smith+Nephew's peers in Medical & surgical?

Intuitive Surgical (rank 1), Stryker (rank 29), Zimmer Biomet (rank 60), Procept BioRobotics (rank 88).

Where is Smith+Nephew based and when was it founded?

Smith+Nephew is based in Watford, England, United Kingdom. Stage: Established.

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