Vicarious Surgical Advances Toward Clinical Milestone with Successful Integrated Instrument Testing

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Vicarious Surgical Inc. (OTCQB: RBOT), a next-generation robotics technology company seeking to transform minimally invasive surgery (the “Company”), today announced the successful completion of initial integrated benchtop testing for its full suite of surgical instruments, required for its anticipated first clinical indication of ventral hernia repair, marking an important step toward design validation, clinical readiness, and the Company’s targeted design freeze milestone.

This milestone represents the first system-level performance evaluation of the Company's three core instruments: needle drivers, fenestrated graspers, and monopolar scissors, each of which is designed for use with the Vicarious Surgical System. The successful testing of all three instruments in a unified evaluation serves as a critical step in systematically de-risking the Company's path toward first-in-human use.

Notably, the monopolar scissors, which previously demonstrated successful electrical performance in a December porcine lab study, exhibited strong motion and mechanical cutting capabilities following the Company's standard automated calibration and bring-up process. Importantly, instrument and camera sensors remained stable, with no degradation in video or motion quality in the presence of monopolar electrosurgical energy, confirming robust system performance under clinically relevant operating conditions.

"This milestone represents an important step in systematically de-risking our system as we advance toward design freeze and first-in-human use," said Stephen From, Chief Executive Officer of Vicarious Surgical. "Demonstrating reliable, integrated performance across our full instrument suite, including stability under electrosurgical energy, reinforces our confidence in the system architecture and our development timeline. Each successful test brings us closer to enabling a new standard in minimally invasive robotic surgery."

The successful completion of this benchtop testing positions the Company to advance to the next phase of preclinical validation, including planned cadaveric and porcine studies, as it continues to prepare for first clinical use of the Vicarious Surgical System and execute against a defined series of development milestones leading to design freeze.