RTI and Kinova partner to integrate intelligent connectivity into medical robotics

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), a software framework company for physical AI systems, has announced its partnership with Kinova, a global leader in professional and medical robotics. The collaboration will aim to provide seamless integration of advanced robotic technologies with data-centric connectivity to simplify and accelerate product lifecycles, reduce program risk, and ‘redefine what is possible’ in a new era of physical AI in advanced systems such as surgical robotics.

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Building on the experience of both companies in robotics and intelligent and distributed systems, the integration of RTI Connext with Kinova simplifies and accelerates the design of next-generation platforms says the companies.

This collaboration enables the integration of robotics into a larger digital ecosystem that integrates visualisation, AI, sensing, with real-time data interoperability. Recently both RTI and Kinova were announced as participants in NVIDIA’s Isaac for Healthcare program.

This collaboration will be on display during a joint remote teleoperation demo in booth #065 at the Surgical Robotics Society Annual Meeting in Strasbourg, France. Developed in collaboration with MedAcuity, the demo allows attendees to use a haptic controller to manipulate a Kinova robotic arm located 3,000 miles away. 

“This partnership reinforces our mission to accelerate the development of innovative, high-performance medical robotic systems,” said François Boucher, Vice President of Business Development at Kinova. “By combining Kinova’s expertise in surgical-grade robotics with RTI’s real-time connectivity framework, we’re enabling our customers to bring next-generation solutions to market faster and with greater confidence.”

Bob Leigh, Senior Director of Commercial Markets at RTI added: “Our customers are solving the incredibly complex technical challenges that live at the intersection of robotics, connectivity, and AI. This collaboration gives them the infrastructure to focus on innovation—whether that’s enabling teleoperation, improving operational precision, or accelerating integration across diverse hardware and software environments.”