<ul><li>The world's first babies conceived with the help of a sperm-injecting robot have been born in New York City. The procedure resulted in the birth of 2 healthy baby girls.</li><li>A team of engineers from Barcelona, Spain, used a robotic needle to inject sperm cells into eggs at the New Hope Fertility Center.</li><li>Overture Life, the startup company that developed the robot, said its device is an initial step toward automating IVF.</li><li>The procedure could significantly reduce the cost of in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is currently a lengthy, labour-intensive, and expensive process that requires trained embryologists to handle eggs and sperm using ultra-thin hollow needles under a microscope.</li></ul>

World's first babies conceived using a sperm injecting robot have been born

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