A robotic surgery apparatus comprising: a surgical instrument for use at
an internal operative site of a subject; a mechanically drivable mounting
unit on which the surgical instrument is mounted, the mounting unit being
drivably movable outside the operative site of the subject; an
electrically driven drive unit for driving movement of the mounting unit;
mechanical cabling drivably intercoupled to the mounting unit at one end
of the cabling; the mechanical cabling having another end which is
readily drivably couplable to and decouplable from the drive unit. The
drive unit being readily manually portable and readily attachable to and
detachable from a fixed support on or relative to which the subject is
mounted.