The global nanorobotics systems market is poised to grow at a 6.06 percent compound annual growth rate between 2016 and 2020, a report from Research and Markets said Thursday.

“One of the latest trends in the market is mind-controlled nanorobots trial,” said a statement from Research and Markets, an industry analysis company.

“A lot is happening in the nanorobots technology industry, which will drive the demand for nanorobotics systems. Scientists and researchers from Israel have tested a contraption in September 2016, involving the use of a person’s brainwaves to control DNA-based nanorobots placed inside the shell of a cockroach. The experiment was a success and changed the physiology of [the] cockroach as the nanorobots were triggered by a mere human thought. The trial has opened new dimensions of controlling the nanorobots with the brain. The trial is the next step in specific therapeutic use, especially if the medicine or drug has to work at difficult locations, such as inside the brain for treatment of mental disorders.”

In fact, medical use is one of the leading uses of the technology, Research and Markets noted.