Research at NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory – home to one of the few quantum computers in the world -- could help unlock the potential of quantum approaches to optimizing air traffic control, robotics, pattern recognition, and mission planning and scheduling.

The machine that has the interest of NASA and partners Google and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is the D-Wave 2, a 512-qubit quantum computer built by D-Wave Systems at NASA's Ames Research Center.

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