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Laser Arrays, LiDAR, LiFi

and Much Much More

Euan Livingston

VP Sales and Marketing

T@CST, 16th May 2019

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Laser Arrays, LiDAR, LiFi and Much Much More

• LiDAR

– Light Imaging, Detection, And Ranging

– Already a Large Market • 20% CAGR in market to 2024

– Applications• Agriculture, Atmosphere, Archaeology, Autonomous Vehicles, Biology & Conservation, Geology & Soil

Science Law Enforcement, Military, Mining, Physics & Astronomy, Rock Mechanics, Robotics Spaceflight, Surveying, Transport, Wind Farm Optimization, Solar Photovoltaic Deployment , Video Games and..Other Uses

• LiFi

– LiFi is like WiFi using Light instead of Wireless

– Complimentary technology to current data connectivity systems

– LED Array technology enabling volume deployment

– High Growth Market• 80% CAGR to in market to 2024

– IEEE standard 802.15.7

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VCSEL Arrays, LiDAR, LiFi and Much Much More

• Commercial Atomic Clocks– VCSEL technology enabling compact size, low cost and scalable Atomic

Clocks

• Applications Include

– Navigation in GPS/GNSS denied environments

– Security, Timing and Synchronisation in Data & Transport Networks

– Latency Management in 5G Networks

• Much Much More Volume– Silicon Photonics has come of Age

– High Volume Applications are not a Pipe Dream

– Multi-Million Piece Optical Component Requirements for Commercial &

Consumer Application

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Why Change to Autonomous Vehicles?

– 1.4 Million lives were claimed from road injury worldwide in 2016

– 40,100 lives were claimed from road injury in the U.S. in 2017

– 94% of fatalities on U.S. roadways are linked to ”human error”

• Distraction

• Speeding

• Alcohol

• Drugs

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The Artificial Intelligence Automotive Revolution

• Mobileye– Jerusalem based start up, founded 1999

– $15.3 bn acquisition by Intel March 2017

– Supplying Hyundai with Lane Control AI and AI based Cruise Control

• Argo AI– Pittsburgh based start up, founded 2016

– $1bn invested by Ford in 2016

– $600m invested by Volkswagen in 2019

• Cruise Automation– Bay Area based start up, founded 2013

– Acquired by GM in 2016 for $581m

– Followed by $900m from SoftBank Vision Fund and a further $1.1bn from GM in early 2018 in equity

– Honda committed $750m in equity October 2018

• Waymo– Alphabet owned over 10 year history starting 1999

– Cash burn rate leading to Alphabet proposing external capital injection!!!

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Ford are Making Big Changes

• Plans for the Corktown MI campus include 1.2 million square feet of

mixed-use development spread over multiple facilities

– The focus of the campus is on autonomous vehicles and electric

vehicles

• Ford expects to move 2,500 of its employees to the new campus

– Approximately 5 percent of its southeast Michigan workforce

• Campus incorporates space for an additional 2,500 entrepreneurs,

technology companies and partners to support Ford's expansion

into ”Autos 2.0”

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Prototype Argo AI Self Driving Vehicle

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Showing Autonomous Vehicle’s Typical 21 Radars, 16 Cameras, and 5

LIDARs per Car

Hyundai Autonomous Concept Car Showing Systems Integration

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SAE Levels of Autonomy in Self-Driving Cars

Human Involvement

Needed at All Times

• Level 0: All major systems are controlled by

humans.

• Level 1: Certain systems, for example

cruise control or automatic braking, can be

controlled by the car.

• Level 2: At least two simultaneous

automated functions such as acceleration

and steering are offered by the vehicle.

However, humans are required to ensure

safe operation.

Human Involvement

Not Needed at All Times

• Level 3: The car is able to manage safety

functions under certain conditions, but the

driver is expected to take over when alerted.

• Level 4: The car is fully-autonomous in

some driving scenarios, though not all.

• Level 5: The car is completely autonomous

in every situation.

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The Interior of 2021 Chevy Bolt EV

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If This Photo Simultaneously Frightens and

Fascinates You

You’re Not Alone!

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