How long ago was this? It is not robotics that is used but laporoscopy to minimize invasiveness. This has been standard care for thirty years
You are right. My gallbladder surgery was in the late 80s. Laparoscopy became available sometime after my Paris surgery.
I did have robotic surgery a few years ago for another problem. I believe it was an improvement over conventional laparoscopic surgery. It was sort of laparoscopy done with precise robotic control (forgive my non-MD description). Much simpler procedure and easier recovery than what I went through in Paris.