8,172,124, entitled SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING RECORDING CAPABILITIES BACKGROUND 8,708,213, entitled SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A FEEDBACK SYSTEM U.S. 2007/0175950, entitled DISPOSABLE STAPLE CARTRIDGE HAVING AN ANVIL WITH TISSUE LOCATOR FOR USE WITH A SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT AND MODULAR END EFFECTOR SYSTEM THEREFOR U.S.

7,464,849, entitled ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT HAVING A ROTARY FIRING AND CLOSURE SYSTEM WITH PARALLEL CLOSURE AND ANVIL ALIGNMENT COMPONENTS U.S. 7,753,904, entitled ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH A HANDLE THAT CAN ARTICULATE WITH RESPECT TO THE SHAFT 7,644,848, entitled ELECTRONIC LOCKOUTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING SAME 7,464,846, entitled SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A REMOVABLE BATTERY 2007/0175951, entitled GEARING SELECTOR FOR A POWERED SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING STAPLING INSTRUMENT 2007/0175955, entitled SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH CLOSURE TRIGGER LOCKING MECHANISM 8,186,555, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH MECHANICAL CLOSURE SYSTEM 7,568,603, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH ARTICULATABLE END EFFECTOR 7,770,775, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH ADAPTIVE USER FEEDBACK 7,422,139, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH TACTILE POSITION FEEDBACK 7,416,101, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH LOADING FORCE FEEDBACK 7,766,210, entitled MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING AND FASTENING INSTRUMENT WITH USER FEEDBACK SYSTEM 8,167,185, entitled SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING RECORDING CAPABILITIES 7,845,537, entitled SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING RECORDING CAPABILITIES patent applications, which are incorporated herein by reference:

The present application is related to the following U.S. 2011/0295295, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein. 13/118,263, filed May 27, 2011, entitled ROBOTICALLY-CONTROLLED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING RECORDING CAPABILITIES, now U.S. 8,844,789, which is a continuation patent application of and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 9, 2012, entitled AUTOMATED END EFFECTOR COMPONENT RELOADING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A ROBOTIC SYSTEM, which issued on Sep. 2014/0259591, which is a divisional patent application of and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 14/292,205, entitled AUTOMATED END EFFECTOR COMPONENT RELOADING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A ROBOTIC SYSTEM, filed May 30, 2014, now U.S. The present application is a continuation patent application of and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C.

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