History of minimally invasive techniques for radical cystectomy with urinary diversion -- Principles of bladder cancer surgery -- Robot-assisted cystectomy: getting started: prior experience, learning curve, and initial patient selection -- Robot-assisted radical cystectomy: room setup, patient positioning, instrumentation, and anesthetic considerations -- Preoperative preparation and care -- Robot-assisted radical cystectomy: male -- Robot-assisted anterior pelvic exenteration for bladder cancer in the female -- Variations in surgical approach: partial cystectomy, vaginal- pparing, and prostate-sparing -- Robot-assisted pelvic lymphadenectomy -- Extracorporeal urinary diversion -- Robot-assisted intracorporeal Ileal conduit -- Intracorporeal ileal neobladder-- Perioperative care: the radical cystectomy pathway -- Oncologic outcomes -- Perioperative outcomes and complications of robot-assisted cystectomy -- Surgical avoidance and management of operative complications -- Cost of robot-assisted radical cystectomy -- Questions and concerns of robotic approaches to bladder cancer surgery -- Robot-assisted surgery for benign disease of the bladder -- Future directions in robotic surgery for bladder cancer