Quantum Reservoir Computing QRC For Soft Robot Control
One of the first IBM Quantum Hubs in the world, now known as Quantum Innovation Centers (QICs), was Keio University in 2017
A utility-scale IBM Quantum device experiment at the University of Arizona and the University of New South Wales in 2023 will apply a proposed quantum reservoir computing technology
A branch of RC called quantum reservoir computing (QRC) makes use of quantum processors as its reservoir
The goal of their 2023 experiment was to construct a quantum reservoir computing model to predict the noisy, non-linear motions of a "soft robot," a malleable device controlled by air pressure
On IBM Quantum processors with up to 120 qubits, the researchers conducted practical demonstrations of their quantum reservoir computing system
It will need a lot more study in the fields of RC and quantum reservoir computing before these techniques can provide meaningful solutions to issues
They intend to investigate quantum reservoir computing in the future for challenging nonlinear issues like financial risk modelling