Iván Hernández Dalas: SS Innovations is developing a drone-based surgical robot

SS Innovations' SSi Vimana Aero Drone System, which the company is designing to bring medical care to soldiers injured in the field.

The SSi Vimana Aero Drone System is intended to bring medical care to soldiers injured in the field. | Source: SS Innovations International

SS Innovations International Inc. this week unveiled four in-development surgical robotic systems at its Global Multi-Specialty Robotic Surgery Conference in New Delhi, India. These new systems include the SSi Vimana Aero Drone System, the SSi Avtara Humanoid Surgical Platform, the SSi Operion Mobile Operating Room, and new single-arm robotic endoscopy and ultrasound assist carts.

“Innovation is in our DNA. Beyond continuously improving our advanced, cost-effective SSi Mantra surgical robotic system and telesurgery capabilities, we strive to pioneer new surgical robotic technologies that will meaningfully improve healthcare for a wider segment of patients in need,” stated Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, chairman of the board and CEO of SS Innovations. “SMRSC 2026, our largest conference yet, successfully elevated this important theme.”

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based SS Innovations said it has developed systems to make robotic surgery more affordable and accessible. The company’s product range includes its proprietary SSi Mantra multi-arm system and its suite of SSi Mudra instruments.

SSi Vimana Aero brings surgical care directly into the battlefield

The SSi Vimana Aero is a robotic system currently under development. SS Innovations designed it to bring expert surgical care directly to wounded soldiers in active battle zones. The company said this bridges the critical time gap between the initial point of injury and eventual medical evacuation from the frontlines.

Deployed via a heavy-lift autonomous drone, the SSi Vimana Aero can land near the casualty. Once deployed, it uses two miniature robotic arms with seven degrees of freedom and 5-mm surgical instruments to provide care. A trauma surgeon then remotely operates the SSi Vimana Aero through an SSi Mantra surgeon command center.

The company said it intends for the SSi Vimana Aero platform to address hemorrhaging, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, among other procedures. Its goal is to help stabilize patients until evacuation teams arrive.

SS Innovations begins developing humanoids for surgical care

The SSi Avtara, another innovation under conceptual development, aims to use the advanced mobility, dexterity, and perception capabilities of humanoid systems. It will use these for high-impact surgical robotic applications spanning healthcare, defense, logistics, disaster response, and industrial settings.

Integrated with artificial intelligence, teleoperation frameworks, and real-time sensing, SS Innovations asserted that it will design the SSi Avtara for trainability, continuous learning, adaptability, and precision in the field.

From assisting clinical workflows to operating in hazardous or otherwise inaccessible environments, the company predicted that the platform’s human-compatible design will enable seamless interaction with existing infrastructure and tools.

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SSi Operion is a mobile, platform-agnostic operating room

The SSi Operion, also currently under development, is a fully mobile, platform-agnostic operating room ecosystem designed for deployment across hospitals, remote locations, combat areas, and disaster zones.

The SSi Operion is designed to be built on a wheeled chassis with overhead-integrated robotics and a zero-footprint architecture, which seeks to eliminate conventional spatial constraints by suspending all surgical components from an integrated overhead system, enabling 360-degree clinician access and real-time reconfiguration.

With integrated telesurgery capabilities and low-latency connectivity, the SSi Operion could enable expert surgeons to operate remotely, expanding access to advanced surgical care across geographies.

From defense operations to humanitarian missions and rural healthcare delivery, SS Innovations claimed that SSi Operion could make the operating room a deployable, mission-ready asset.

SS Innovations wants to integrate robotics into hospital workflows

SS Innovation's single-arm robotic endoscopy is currently working its way through clinical validation in India.

SS Innovation’s single-arm robotic endoscopy cart is working its way through clinical validation in India. | Source: SS Innovations International

SS Innovations’ new single-arm robotic endoscopy and ultrasound assist carts, currently proceeding through early clinical validation phases in India, are designed to provide stable, precise, and repeatable positioning of endoscopic and ultrasound instruments. Its goal is to bring robotic consistency to workflows in clinical environments.

Operating under direct clinician supervision, the robotic arms incorporate controlled speed, force limits, and predictable motion behavior, ensuring safe interaction with both patients and operators. SS Innovations said compatibility with standard hospital infrastructure and existing clinical workflows will accelerate integration into established clinical settings.

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