Surgical system with user interfaces for electrosurgical tools

A minimally invasive surgical system comprising:

• an endoscope to capture video images of a surgical site;
• at least one robotic surgical tool;
• a control console with a first master controller having a first master grip and a second master controller having a second master grip,
• a manipulator having a plurality of manipulator arms, wherein one manipulator arm holds the endoscope, and at least another manipulator arm holds the at least one robotic surgical tool;
• a video display device of the control console to display video images and information to a user;
• a processor coupled in communication with the endoscope, the at least one robotic surgical tool, the control console, the manipulator, and the video display device, in response to execution of one or more stored program instructions in a storage device, the processor is configured to read tool information from a first robotic surgical tool and a second robotic surgical tool, and based on the tool information, the processor is further configured to
• generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first colored border portion in a first side and a second colored border in a second side opposite the first side, the first colored border portion indicating the first robotic surgical tool controlled by the first master grip of the control console and the second colored border portion indicating the second robotic surgical tool controlled by the second master grip of the control console;
• and
• overlay the graphical user interface onto the captured video images for display on the video display device of the control console, the graphical user interface to provide information to a user regarding the first robotic surgical tool and the second robotic surgical tool in the surgical site while the surgical site is concurrently displayed by the captured video images.