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Professor Ajit Saxena demonstrates the body of the da Vinci system. It is a surgical robot which is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved. The da Vinci Surgical System consists of three components. They are console for the surgeon, robotic cart containing four arms (one for the camera and other three arms for instruments) and a high definition three-dimensional vision system. The da Vinci robotic surgical platform uses four overhead arms. The da Vinci robotic instruments have longer shafts and the endoscope which has a camera built into its distal tip. Robotic surgeries involve the use of a sophisticated robotic device with wristed instrumentation to permit the surgeon to dissect while controlling these instruments from a surgeon console externally.