Interim Condensed Statements of Changes in Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Preferred A Shares Microbot Medical Ltd. Pre-Merger [Member]		Preferred A Shares Microbot Medical Inc. Post-Merger [Member]		Series A Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]		Common Stock [Member]		Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]	Total		Temporary Equity [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 87	[1]		[1]			$ 132		$ 3,089	$ (3,372)	$ (64)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2015	8,708,132	[1]		[1]			13,182,660
Conversion of convertible notes and exercise of warrants issued upon conversion	$ 48	[1]		[1]					1,803		1,851
Conversion of convertible notes and exercise of warrants issued upon conversion, shares	4,746,237	[1]		[1]
Effect of reverse recapitalization	$ (135)						$ 153		454		472
Effect of reverse recapitalization, shares	(13,454,369)						15,301,675
Common Stock classified as temporary equity		[1]		[1]					(500)		(500)		500
Beneficial Conversion Feature recorded on convertible debt acquired in reverse recapitalization									2,029		2,029
Transaction costs incurred in reverse recapitalization							$ 78		6,817		6,895
Transaction costs incurred in reverse recapitalization, shares							7,802,639
Cancellation of ordinary shares and issuance of preferred shares		[1]		[1],[2]			$ (97)		97
Cancellation of ordinary shares and issuance of preferred shares, shares		[1]	9,736	[1]			(9,736,000)
Share based compensation		[1]		[1]					676		676
Net loss		[1]		[1]						(9,663)	(9,663)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		[1]		[1],[2]			$ 266		14,465	(13,035)	1,696		500
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2016		[1]	9,736	[1]	9,736		26,550,974	[3]
Share based compensation							$ 1		153		154
Share based compensation, shares							50,000
Issuance of common stock							$ 45		12,657		12,702
Issuance of common stock, shares							4,450,000
Cashless exercise of warrants												[2]
Cashless exercise of warrants, shares							359
Extinguishment of convertible notes and issuance of preferred shares						[2]			2,676		2,676
Extinguishment of convertible notes and issuance of preferred shares, shares					3,255
Conversion of preferred A shares to Common stock						[2]	$ 32		(32)
Conversion of preferred A shares to Common stock, shares					(3,255)		3,254,000
Net loss										(4,815)	(4,815)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2017						[2]	$ 344		$ 29,919	$ (17,850)	$ 12,413		$ 500
Balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2017					9,736		34,305,333	[3]

[1] Share data for periods prior to the reverse recapitalization represents the legal equity structure of Microbot Ltd. with the number of shares adjusted to retroactively reflect the one-to-nine Reverse Stock Split effected on November 28, 2016 as well as the reverse recapitalization consummated on November 28 2016

[2] Less than 1

[3] Includes 10,702,838 common stock classified as temporary equity.