Sperm-Injecting Robot Leads to First Babies Born From Robotic Fertilization

A sperm-injecting robot successfully led to the first babies born from robotic fertilization, as announced by MIT.

This insemination machine was built by the Spanish startup Overture Life. The tech firm said that this innovation is the first step towards automating IVF (in-vitro fertilization).

Overture Life's researchers sent their sperm-injecting robot to a clinic in New York City; New Hope Fertility Center. They followed their fertilization robot and used it to fertilize more than a dozen of egg cells.

Sperm-Injecting Robot Leads to First Babies Born From Robotic Fertilization

According to Futurism's latest report, the sperm-injecting machine of Overture Life is operated using the PlayStation 5 controller.

Thanks to this, even though some of their engineers were not experienced in the field of fertility medicine, they were still able to pull off their experiment.

During the experiment, Overture Life student engineer Eduard Alba used the PS5 controller to steer a small, mechanized IVF needle.

This allowed him to deposit sperm cells into the human egg cells more than 12 times.

"I was calm. In that exact moment, I thought, 'It's just one more experiment,'" said Alba via MIT Technology Review.

Thanks to the efforts made by researchers of Overture Life, two baby girls were born for the first time using the robotic fertilization process.

Why Overture Life's Achievement is Big Deal

As of writing, IVF is very expensive; costing around $20,000 per pregnancy attempt in the United States.

This is because this process is very delicate, complicated, and labor-intensive. Because of this problem, Overture Life decided to develop its sperm-injecting machine.

The company expects its innovation to make IVF cheaper and more accessible to the public.

As of writing, Overture Life has already raised over $37 million, thanks to the investors who trusted its technology.

One of their backers is the former YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki. You can click this link to learn more about the achievement of Overture Life.

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