Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)						6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 12, 2016	Sep. 21, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 12, 2014	Oct. 25, 2013	Nov. 02, 2009	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 EUR (€)
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Fair value of contingent consideration						$ 25,300,000		$ 23,500,000
Corporate offices [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease agreement period					5 years
Operating lease amended extension period			3 years 2 months
Operating lease, renew option period			3 years
Lease expiration date			Jun. 30, 2018
Warehouse [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease agreement period				4 years 4 months
Operating lease additional renewed period				6 years
Operating leases, rent expense						345,000	$ 298,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Fair value of contingent consideration		$ 23,900,000				$ 25,300,000
ALF-X Surgical Robotic System Acquisition [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Aggregate milestone payments | €									€ 27,500,000
TransEnterix Italia [Member] | Corporate offices [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Operating lease agreement period	6 years 3 months