A surgical robotic system, comprising: a robotic device comprising: i. an elongate device body, elongate in a first direction, comprising a first and a second reference dimension in a second and third direction respectively, the three directions mutually orthogonal, the first reference dimension representing a width of the device body and the second reference dimension representing a depth of the device body, further comprising a plurality of motors (109A, 109B, 122A, 122B); ii. a first movable segmented robotic arm comprising a first shoulder joint (300.1A), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1A); iii. a second movable segmented robotic arm comprising a second shoulder joint (300.1B), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1B); iv. a first end effector operationally connected to the first robotic arm; and v. a second end effector operationally connected to the second robotic arm; and an operations system configured to control the robotic device from outside the patient by way of an insertion tube and the device body, the operations system in electrical communication with the robotic device, wherein the first and second arms are rotatable between an operational configuration and an insertion configuration, wherein: in the operational configuration the arms extend beyond the first reference dimension of the device body; and in the insertion configuration the arms extend beyond the second reference dimension of the device body and do not extend beyond the first reference dimension of the device body. a robotic device comprising: i. an elongate device body, elongate in a first direction, comprising a first and a second reference dimension in a second and third direction respectively, the three directions mutually orthogonal, the first reference dimension representing a width of the device body and the second reference dimension representing a depth of the device body, further comprising a plurality of motors (109A, 109B, 122A, 122B); ii. a first movable segmented robotic arm comprising a first shoulder joint (300.1A), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1A); iii. a second movable segmented robotic arm comprising a second shoulder joint (300.1B), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1B); iv. a first end effector operationally connected to the first robotic arm; and v. a second end effector operationally connected to the second robotic arm; and an operations system configured to control the robotic device from outside the patient by way of an insertion tube and the device body, the operations system in electrical communication with the robotic device, i. an elongate device body, elongate in a first direction, comprising a first and a second reference dimension in a second and third direction respectively, the three directions mutually orthogonal, the first reference dimension representing a width of the device body and the second reference dimension representing a depth of the device body, further comprising a plurality of motors (109A, 109B, 122A, 122B); ii. a first movable segmented robotic arm comprising a first shoulder joint (300.1A), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1A); iii. a second movable segmented robotic arm comprising a second shoulder joint (300.1B), a first link, and a second link joined to the first link by an elbow joint (200.1B); iv. a first end effector operationally connected to the first robotic arm; and v. a second end effector operationally connected to the second robotic arm; and an operations system configured to control the robotic device from outside the patient by way of an insertion tube and the device body, the operations system in electrical communication with the robotic device, wherein the first and second arms are rotatable between an operational configuration and an insertion configuration, wherein: in the operational configuration the arms extend beyond the first reference dimension of the device body; and in the insertion configuration the arms extend beyond the second reference dimension of the device body and do not extend beyond the first reference dimension of the device body.