Robotic assisted surgery involves the surgeon using an expensive console in the same room as the operation. As others have said, the systems require a fair amou

Robotic assisted surgery involves the surgeon using an expensive console in the same room as the operation. As others have said, the systems require a fair amount of training to become accustomed to. The training requirement is offset by the additional capabilities that the robot brings that humans do not possess. In particular robotic tools have a larger range of motion than conventional minimally invasive instruments do.