# R1 Surgical Robot **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Surgical robot **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition R1 is Neuralink's robotic system for inserting flexible electrode threads into cortex. ## Relationships [[wiki/R1 Surgical Robot|R1 Surgical Robot]] is related to [[wiki/Neuralink|Neuralink]] through automated implantation of [[wiki/N1 Link|N1 Link]] electrode threads. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Source route [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **Neuralink: Operational Clinical Program and Regulatory Trajectory** provides the narrative context for **R1 Surgical Robot**: The N1 implant architecture descends from designs demonstrated at up to 3,072 electrodes per array (as documented in Neuralink's 2019 technical paper), though current clinical configurations operate at the 1,024-electrode bound,… <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 -->