Denso: Movement control of auto guided vehicles: Qubits North America / Quantum annealing machine
Tohoku University / DENSO:
【point】
Invented efficient delivery technology for automated guided vehicles in factories using quantum annealing and combinatorial optimization technology.
Real-time control utilizing the characteristics of high-speed quantum annealing machines is possible.
Confirmed by simulation that the factory occupancy rate will be increased by 15 points compared to existing methods.
【Overview】
Tohoku University promotes the spread of quantum annealing technology and industrial application, and is promoting industry-academia collaboration with many companies.
The industry is paying attention to the quantum annealing technology that quickly solves the “combination optimization problem” that finds the best choice among a large number of candidates.
This time, we solve “combination optimization problem” of movement (delivery) control of automatic guided vehicle in factory with high-speed quantum annealing machine,
Published the results of a study that demonstrated real-time control and improved factory availability.
Internationally acclaimed as the most practical.
Press release TOHOKU UNIVERSITY-
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2019/11/press20191125-01-Com.html
DENSO: Reasons for highly evaluated at the world’s largest quantum computer conference
“Quantum” optimizes automated guided vehicle operation
Denso / Tohoku University: Quantum Annealing Research and Development Center
We announced our joint research at Qubits North America 2018, the world’s largest conference hosted by D-Wave Systems, which develops quantum computers (quantum annealing machines) in Tennessee, USA.
Conference reputation:
Many applications using quantum annealing machines have been reported.
Among them, the contents of the joint research announced by Denso and Tohoku University became a hit.
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