Intuitive Surgical da Vinci SPvsKUKA KMR iiwa
Side-by-side comparison of Intuitive Surgical da Vinci SP and KUKA KMR iiwa: specs, price, use cases and SDKs.
Intuitive Surgical
da Vinci SP
Single-port surgical robot — 8,000+ systems worldwide
From
$2,500,000
KUKA
KMR iiwa
Mobile manipulator: cobot arm + AMR base for flexible factories
From
$175,000
Specifications
| Spec | da Vinci SP | KMR iiwa |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $2,500,000 | $175,000 |
| Category | industrial | industrial |
| Payload | 0 kg | 14 kg |
| Runtime | — | 8 h |
| Speed | — | 1 m/s |
| Weight | 270 kg | 700 kg |
| Reach | Patient cart over OR table | 800mm (arm) |
| Degrees of Freedom | — | 7 |
Shared use cases
No shared use cases
Only on da Vinci SP
- Urology surgery
- Head & neck oncology
- Transanal procedures
- Gynecology (limited indication)
Only on KMR iiwa
- Flexible automotive assembly
- Electronics line replenishment
- Lab automation
- Inter-cell logistics
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