A surgical path setting method, for a surgical robot, comprises the steps of (a) the surgical robot's operating a first surgical path that has been preset with respect to a surgical site of a person to be operated on; (b) the surgical robot's confirming whether or not a surgical path reset command, transmitted from a surgical path setting device, has been received; (c) the surgical robot's stopping if the surgical path reset command has been received; (d) the surgical path setting device's receiving an input of surgical path form information; (e) the surgical path setting device's determining a second surgical path, which is a new surgical path, on the basis of the surgical path form information and then transmitting same to the surgical robot; and (f) the surgical robot's operating along the second surgical path.