Researchers have proven that industrial-grade robotics can help people conceive through in vitro fertilization – with an accuracy 10 times greater than that of human doctors. The new IVF robot, called the ART Pipetting Robot for IVF Laboratory (APRIL), uses a pre-programmed mechanical arm with a laboratory instrument similar to a pipette, or pipette, protected by a glass housing.
The liquid handling robot was specifically designed for the professional preparation of embryonic cultures by incubating and feeding fertilized human eggs in microdroplet culture petri dishes.
“Creating the same droplets over and over again is where the robot can shine,” explained Dr. S. Zev Williams of Columbia University’s Human Reproduction Center.
Trials by Dr Williams’ team, published in August this year, showed that APRIL IVF treatment increased the total number of usable human embryos by 4.2 percent. Their official results come in the midst of an increasingly tense US presidential race, in which Republican candidate Donald Trump has declared himself the “father of IVF”.
This year’s election cycle will likely play a decisive role in whether more modern IVF methods like APRIL gain traction in states like Alabama that are working to shut down the fertility process entirely.
The APRIL team reported this year that the robot improved both “accuracy and measurement results” for expectant parents who once struggled with fertility issues.
However, Dr. Williams, a fertility specialist, noted that the robot is really only intended for certain, less repetitive and less tedious aspects of the treatment.
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