Robochop: robot barber shaves Lucifer star Tom Ellis in test of 5G network

Remote grooming via motion-capture technology? A close shave, says you

Close shave: Tom Ellis

Lucifer actor Tom Ellis has been shaved by a robotic arm, controlled by a barber 250 miles away, in a new test of a 5G network.

The demonstration sees a London-based barber use motion capture to remotely shave the actor — who is on Snowdon in Wales — with the barber's movements tracked and sent over EE's public 5G network to be mimicked by the robot shaver.