Medical Robot Timeline By ~_.Michaela._~ 3000 BCE Started to With Medicine 1875 First EKG Machine 1940 First Artificial organ 1961 Started with Medicine 1982 Artifical Heart 1985 First Medical Robot 1999 de Vinci Surgical System 2000 First Surgery robot for General Laparoscopic Surgery 2005 FDA Clearence 2009 Surgical system made history by removing a brain tumor