{"title":"Intuitive Surgical vs Procept BioRobotics: Medical & surgical compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/intuitive-surgical-vs-procept-biorobotics","comparison":"Intuitive Surgical ranks 1 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 100; Procept BioRobotics ranks 88 with 78. Intuitive Surgical is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Intuitive Surgical is based in Sunnyvale, United States, Procept BioRobotics in San Jose, United States. Intuitive Surgical: Established. Procept BioRobotics: Established. Intuitive Surgical is named in 12 signals and Procept BioRobotics in 9.","companies":[{"name":"Intuitive Surgical","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/intuitive-surgical","city":"Sunnyvale","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Intuitive Surgical is the US surgical-robotics leader with an installed base of 11,710 da Vinci and 1,096 Ion systems (468 placed in Q2-26 alone) and 14M cumulative procedures. Q2-26 revenue was $2.89B (+19%, 85% recurring) with procedures up 16%, a fast da Vinci 5 ramp (246 placed), and H1 free cash flow of $1.8B (+71%), with guidance raised. It is the top-scored company on the list.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":1,"score":100,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":10},"why":"Intuitive Surgical develops and sells da Vinci robotic surgical systems, including the da Vinci 5 platform cleared for cardiac procedures. Its core business is medical and surgical robotics.","segment":"Medical & surgical","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":12,"facts_total":12},{"name":"Procept BioRobotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/procept-biorobotics","city":"San Jose","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Procept BioRobotics is a US surgical-robotics maker whose Aquablation system runs about 12,200 US procedures a quarter, with FY26 guidance of $390-410M (+27-33%). It gained FDA clearance for its second-generation FirstAssist AI in Q1-26, an EAU guideline recommending Aquablation over TURP, and its first UK Hydros units at ASPs above $400k. It is not yet profitable (Q1-26 net loss widened to $31.6M), with adjusted-EBITDA breakeven targeted for Q4-26.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":88,"score":78,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Procept BioRobotics develops and sells robotic surgical systems for urologic procedures, including the AquaBeam Robotic System for waterjet ablation in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment.","segment":"Medical & surgical","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":9,"facts_total":2}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}