Hands-Free AI for Robotic Surgery: Voice-Directed Patient Data on Demand

Kari Jaaskelainen

11 Nov 2025 — 1 min read

Voice-powered help in the robotic OR

During da Vinci robotic surgery, surgeons' hands and eyes are fully occupied, making it hard to pull up scans or labs without breaking focus. A new system—Surgical Agent Orchestrator Platform (SAOP)—turns natural speech into on-screen actions, no clicking required.

"Show the latest CT and rotate 30 degrees."
"Highlight the left renal artery on the 3D model."
"Summarize recent hemoglobin trends."

Under the hood, an orchestrator coordinates three task-specific AI agents powered by large language models. They plan, refine, and verify steps, helping SAOP handle misheard words and vague commands.

To evaluate performance, the team proposed a new Multi-level Orchestration Evaluation Metric (MOEM) and tested 240 diverse voice commands. Results: high accuracy and success across command types.

Why it matters: faster, hands-free access to multimodal patient data could reduce interruptions and keep attention on the patient during minimally invasive procedures. This is research, not clinical guidance, but it points to a promising direction for operating rooms.

Paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07392v1

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