It might sound like a science fiction story, but the ability to control a robot with the mind is increasingly gaining ground in the world of technology.

The Chinese are leading the way when it comes to mind-controlled robots. This is unsurprising given that in recent years have the Chinese have made incredible advances in science and technology. Such is the case with the artificial sun the country developed that can create unlimited energy .

According to some revelations reported by the Hong Kong newspaper, South China Morning Post, the Chinese are developing a new control system that could change future space missions forever. Thanks to the help of Artificial Intelligence and brain waves it will be possible to control a robotic arm with the human brain.

Many of the details of this new technology are still top secret, or at least not leaked from the study that appeared in the Chinese scientific journal Control and Measurement of Computers. What is assured is that this new way of operating has a precision never achieved before.

The aim of the Chinese is that the taikonauts, the Chinese astronauts, can move a huge robot arm on the Chinese space station with the utmost precision.

China already has two stations in space, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2. The country is currently working on an even larger third multi-module station, on which the gigantic arm will be installed.

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