Ventral hernia surgery has undergone major changes over the past decade with the emergence of new minimally invasive techniques. They merge fundamental concepts of parietal reconstruction of open surgery into a laparoscopic approach, aiming to reduce surgical site complications and to enhance recovery. The spread of robotic assistance systems in the field of abdominal wall surgery facilitates access to this type of procedures and allows their application in increasingly complex cases. Parietal relaxation techniques allow large hernial orifices to be closed without tension. They are now also performed with a minimally invasive approach and in a less aggressive manner. Even if the exact place of all these techniques still needs to be better defined depending on the different hernia types, these laparoscopic or robot-assisted approaches already tend to allow faster post-operative recovery.