A surgeon operates on a patient 1,500 miles away

Claim

A London surgeon performed the UK's first long-distance robotic operation on a patient 1,500 miles away in Gibraltar, saying it felt almost as if he were there, while AheadForm demonstrated a half-body humanoid that realistically simulates human emotional expression.

Reported metric: 1,500 miles

Reporting date: 2026-03-09 (not necessarily the event date)

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• Welcome to March 9, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)