Iranian remote robotic surgery systems installed in Indonesia

As 2025 began, the third and fourth units of Iran’s Sina remote robotic surgery system have entered the training phase in the Indonesian cities of Medan and Makassar, impressing local surgeons with their precision and quality.

According to the Communications and Public Relations Center of the Vice Presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy, Indonesian surgeons have expressed high satisfaction with the system’s performance. Following the successful training of 112 surgeons in the cities of Bandung and Yogyakarta, an additional 100 surgeons in Medan and Makassar have now enrolled in courses to become proficient in Sina’s operation.

The Sina robotic surgery system has been developed over two decades by Iranian experts.

The involved technology enables procedures, traditionally performed via open surgery, to be conducted through minimally invasive 5-millimeter incisions, significantly reducing recovery time from several weeks to just one day.

The Sina robotic system was designed and developed at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and is entirely an original Iranian innovation—not a reverse-engineered or copied version of any foreign model.

With numerous competitive advantages, the system has led to the registration of ten patents in the United States and other countries, along with the publication of over 70 research papers in reputable international journals.

While all specialized components are designed and manufactured domestically, only 5 to 10 percent of standard parts—those lacking economic feasibility for domestic production—are sourced externally.

A significant milestone for Sina was the purchase of two units by Indonesia, where the first live remote robotic surgery demonstration was successfully performed over a 500-kilometer distance in the presence of the presidents of both nations.