The first endoscopy was developed on 1806. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed on 1987. The field of minimally invasive surgery was quickly developed since then, even including the abdominal cancer operation. Robots improve the limitations of laparoscopic surgery. They support 6 degrees of freedom, can carry out delicate task, and 3D image. The develop of robots also create new field of telesurgery. The object of NOTES is an incisionless surgery. The first human transvaginal endoscopic cholecystectomy has been done on 2007. Singleport laparoscopic cholecystectomy was also reported. Minimally invasive surgery is improving in concepts, techniques and equipments and will be the main stream of surgery in the future.