SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy)
Built by Johns Hopkins University
The SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) is a Surgical / Medical robot developed by Johns Hopkins University, launched 2025. Key specifications: procedures cholecystectomy, dof / arm 6.
RoboScore
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No confirmed deployment on record — this score reflects the rest of the record, not verified adoption.
2 of 9 signals present
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average of the 2 scored · blanks don't count
Ranked #59 of 59 in the Surgical / Medical standing.
See the standingWhere it has stood44 days · best #50 · worst #59
2 days of that is about SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) itself:
- 24 Aug RoboScore rose 7.42 — its evidence changed.
- 7 Sept RoboScore rose 3.25 — its evidence changed.
One reading per day since 10 Aug, when the current ordering began. The rank above is the reading for 23 Sept, taken against 59 robots — the standing itself is live, so a robot added since then counts there and not here yet.
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Overview
A hierarchical autonomous surgical robot trained via imitation learning on videos of surgeries, capable of performing complex procedures (e.g., gallbladder removal) with human-like adaptability and precision.
At a glance
- Built for surgical assistance
- Used across medical and surgical
- Programmed through Teach pendant and Drag and drop
- Certified to ISO 9001 and CE
Buyer decision signals
Price
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Specifications
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Detailed specifications
What it is built for3
- Applications
- surgical assistance
- Sub Category
- autonomous surgical robot
- Industries Served
- medical,surgical
Movement & precision1
- Repeatability Mm
- 0.05
Controls & integration2
- Fleet Software
- Yes
- Programming Interface
- Teach pendant, Drag-and-drop, Python, ROS
Safety & certification1
- Certifications
- ISO 9001,CE,UL
Buying & support3
- Price Tier
- 40-80K
- Availability Status
- prototype
- Countries Available
- US
Other details14
- Speed
- Up to 1500 mm/s
- Battery
- Lithium-ion, 24V, 10Ah
- Interaction
- Voice command response ('grab the gallbladder head', 'move left arm a bit to the left')
- Publication
- Science Robotics, July 9, 2025
- Ros Support
- true
- Tasks Learned
- Manipulating needle, lifting body tissue, suturing, gallbladder removal procedure (17 tasks)
- Training Data
- Videos of Johns Hopkins surgeons performing gallbladder removal on pig cadavers with captions
- Ai Architecture
- Same machine learning architecture as ChatGPT (transformer-based)
- Correction Flag
- Determines whether to use corrective or task instructions
- Funding Sources
- Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H); National Science Foundation/Foundational Research in Robotics 2144348; National Institutes of Health R56EB033807; National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education 2139757
- Low Level Policy
- Generates robot trajectories based on high-level policy instructions
- High Level Policy
- Outputs task and corrective instructions
- Unseen Gallbladders
- Deployed on 8 unseen pig gallbladders with 100% success rate
- Demonstrations Collected
- Approximately 18,000 demonstrations across >30 pig gallbladders
Who runs it· deployment evidence
No deployment evidence on file
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Add a deployment →Compare with peers
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Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy)?
- The SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) is developed by Johns Hopkins University.
- What type of robot is the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy)?
- The SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) is a Surgical / Medical robot made by Johns Hopkins University.
- How much does the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) cost?
- Pricing for the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) is not publicly listed — contact Johns Hopkins University for a quote.
- When was the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) launched?
- The SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy) was launched in 2025.
- What are the key specifications of the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy)?
- Key specifications of the SRT-H (Surgical Robot Transformer-Hierarchy): procedures cholecystectomy, dof / arm 6.
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