Shares Of Robot Company Get Crushed On Report Of Probe

Intuitive Surgical, the leading innovator of robots that can do surgery, saw its stock tumble during the last few seconds of the U.S. trading session.

Bloomberg reports that U.S. regulators are probing the company over the safety of its products.

"The regulators have asked surgeons at key hospitals to list any complications they may have seen with Intuitive's robots," reports Bloomberg.

The stock closed down 11 percent for the day.