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5G Robot Performs Eye Surgery Remotely Across 4,000 km

Summary by Emirates24|7
A Chinese medical team has performed a groundbreaking remote robotic eye surgery, using a 5G-connected robot to treat a patient over 4,000 kilometres away. The procedure, a retinal injection, was performed on Sunday by surgeons in the southern city of Guangzhou who remotely controlled a robotic arm at a hospital in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The surgery, performed with micron-level precision, marked a significant…

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A Chinese medical team performed innovative remote robotic eye surgery, using a robot connected to 5G to treat a patient more than 4,000 kilometers away. The surgery, consisting of a laretin injection, was conducted on Sunday by surgeons from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, who remotely controlled a robotic arm located in a hospital in Urumqi, capital of the Uygur autonomous region of Xinjiang, north-west of China.

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Emirates24|7 broke the news in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
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