Over the past two decades, surgery has seen tremendous changes. Laparoscopy which has its origin in 1901 when the very first laparoscopic surgery on dogs was performed¹  has established itself as the gold standard in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). This type of surgery, which is manually conducted through small incisions, so-called keyholes, is likely to be completely replaced by robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) in the near future. RAMIS has successfully been used to treat patients in a number of areas, including prostate cancer and gynecological diseases. In particular, the da Vinci Surgical System by US company, Intuitive Surgical,...