Insider Brief
- Peritas AI is partnering with AdventHealth to evaluate how AI and assistive humanoid robotics can improve coordination across perioperative services, where many workflows remain manual and fragmented.
- The effort focuses on using intelligent systems to support real-time coordination before, during and after surgery, with an emphasis on augmenting clinical teams rather than replacing them.
- The early-stage collaboration uses NVIDIA-based simulation and multimodal AI to test how robotics can operate safely in clinical environments, with the goal of improving efficiency and patient experience.
Peritas AI announced it is partnering with Florda-based AdventHealth to evaluate how artificial intelligence and assistive humanoid robotics can improve coordination across surgical operations, an area that remains largely manual despite advances inside the operating room.
Peritas said the effort will focus on perioperative services, including the processes before, during and after surgery, where tasks such as sterile preparation, equipment readiness and team coordination often rely on fragmented workflows. The company indicated the goal is to use intelligent systems to support real-time coordination and reduce operational friction, allowing clinical teams to focus more directly on patient care.
The partnership is in an early evaluation phase, with both organizations assessing how robotics and AI can be integrated into hospital environments without disrupting existing clinical practices. The organizations said approach emphasizes augmenting staff rather than replacing them, particularly in high-pressure surgical settings where timing, precision and communication are critical.
“Surgical care is built on precision, timing and teamwork. Throughout my career in healthcare robotics, I’ve seen how technology can expand what’s possible to make care more safe and effective,” Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute, noted in the announcement of the partnership. “This next step is about exploring how intelligent systems and assistive robotics can support the entire surgical team, improving coordination behind the scenes so surgeons, nurses and staff can stay fully focused on the patient. Technology can enhance human skill and judgment, not replace it.”
Peritas AI said its systems are designed to assist with coordination behind the scenes, helping align resources and workflows as procedures unfold. The company is exploring how humanoid robotic systems could operate in clinical environments to handle structured support tasks and improve reliability across surgical operations.
“Embodied intelligence has the potential to transform perioperative operations,” pointed out orthopedic surgeon and Executive Chairman of Peritas AI Dr. Martin Roche. “By combining assistive robotics with real-time AI orchestration, we can create surgical environments that sense, adapt, and support clinicians seamlessly — allowing human judgment and compassion to remain at the center.”
To support development, Peritas AI is using Nvidia’s physical AI infrastructure, including simulation tools that allow robotic systems to be trained and tested in virtual hospital environments before deployment. The company said these tools enable faster iteration and validation of robotic behaviors in complex, real-world scenarios.
The platform incorporates multimodal AI models designed to perceive, reason and act within dynamic clinical settings, supporting agent-based workflows that can adapt to changing conditions in real time. Peritas AI said this approach is intended to meet the reliability and safety requirements necessary for use in healthcare environments.
The companies did not outline a timeline for deployment, but said the collaboration will focus on testing how AI and robotics can be introduced in a way that supports care teams and improves the overall patient experience.
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