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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                 NOTICE REGARDING CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


     Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time such
part becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security
pursuant to such registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of
such acquisition such person knew of such untruth or omission) may sue, among
others, every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or
certified any part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or
certified any report or valuation which is used in connection with the
registration statement, with respect to the statement in such registration
statement, report or valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified
by the accountant.

     As previously disclosed in the Computer Motion Inc.'s form 8-K filed on
June 7, 2002, Computer Motion, Inc. dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP as its
independent public accountants and announced that Computer Motion, Inc. had
appointed Ernst & Young LLP to replace Arthur Andersen LLP as its independent
public accountants.

     Computer Motion Inc.'s understanding is that the staff of the Securities
and Exchange Commission has taken the position that it will not accept consents
from Arthur Andersen LLP if the engagement partner and the manager for the
Computer Motion, Inc. audit are no longer with Arthur Andersen LLP. Both the
engagement partner and the manager for the Computer Motion, Inc. audit are no
longer with Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, Computer Motion, Inc. has been
unable to obtain Arthur Andersen LLP's written consent to the incorporation by
reference into the Registration Statements of its audit report with respect to
Computer Motion Inc.'s financial statements as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and
for the years then ended.

     Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act permits
Computer Motion, Inc. to file this Form 10-K without a written consent from
Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, however, Arthur Andersen LLP will not have any
liability under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of
a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen
LLP or any omissions of a material fact required to be stated therein.
Accordingly, you would be unable to assert a claim against Arthur Andersen LLP
under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any purchases of securities under
the Registration Statements made on or after the date of this Form 10-K. To the
extent provided in Section 11(b)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, however, other
persons who are liable under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including
Computer Motion Inc.'s officers and directors, may still rely on Arthur Andersen
LLP's original audit reports as being made by an expert for purposes of
establishing a due diligence defense under Section 11(b) of the Securities Act.