A robotic operation is the performance of operative procedures with the assistance of robotic technology: Robotic surgical hands allow great precision and are used for remote-control and minimally invasive procedures.

Current systems consist of computer-controlled electromechanical devices that work in response to controls manipulated by the surgeon.

This makes them ideal for operating on sub-cellular structures, such as the axon, the long tail by which a neuron sends information to its neighbors and which are far too small for even the finest robotic surgical hands to maneuver.