In 2019, DENSO and Tohoku University announced the creation of an algorithm designed to improve the ability of a D-Wave system to handle complicated problems. The algorithm partitions an original, large problem into a group of subproblems. The D-Wave system then iteratively optimizes each subproblem to eventually solve the original, larger one. DENSO plans to use the algorithm to address everything from public transportation to the coordination of robotic systems in factories.