8i Robotics

8i Robotics develops Optimus, a surgeon-supervised, three-arm robot for open and minimally invasive spine procedures. IMPLANET installed the system at Amiens-Picardie University Hospital for preclinical evaluation in July 2026. Regulatory submissions remain pending, and the device is not available for sale in Canada, the United States or Europe.

Facts

Segment: Healthcare
Country: Canada
Website: https://www.8irobotics.com/

Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

LEM Surgical - comparable profile - peer: Spine Surgery Robotics
SpinEM Robotics - comparable profile - peer: Spine Surgery Robotics
Intuitive - stack adjacency - stack: Surgical Robotics Platform

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Timeline

2026-07-15 - Deployment - IMPLANET installs 8i multi-arm surgical robot at Amiens-Picardie - The system was installed at the SimUSanté active-learning simulation centre within Amiens-Picardie University Hospital. Hospital-university teams in the GRECO robotic-surgery research group will conduct preclinical evaluation. IMPLANET said the programme… - source: finanznachrichten.de
2025-11-13 - Partnership - 8i Robotics and IMPLANET sign spine-robot clinical partnership - The first milestone covers clinical research supporting European regulatory compliance for the multi-arm surgical system. IMPLANET and 8i planned research with French hospitals and preparation for CE marking. The system combines three coordinated arms… - source: businesswire.com

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Team

Victor Yang - Founder - He initiated development of the integrated multi-arm spine-surgery system after SeaSpine acquired 7D Surgical in 2021.
Brent Bailey - Systems Engineer - He represents 8i in the IMPLANET clinical and regulatory programme for European CE marking.

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Relations

IMPLANET - Clinical Evaluation And European Regulatory Partner - IMPLANET and 8i Robotics are clinical and regulatory partners for European evaluation of the Optimus spine-surgery robot.

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