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81 CES 2023 | Show report to conform to the industrial-grade M.2 form factor, with the former measuring 30 x 50 x 3.4 mm and the latter being 30 x 52 x 2.3 mm. The former also has an FN980m variant that comes with two-in- one millimetre-wave antenna connectors to enable data links in that spectrum, along with the 5G and LTE network comms that the other two systems have been certified for. Both support a range of cellular standards. The FN980 enables intraband and interband UL CA on 4G networks for applications such as 4K and 8K video streaming, while the FN990 features 4 x 4 MIMO downlinks on several 5G and 4G bands, as well as 2 x 2 MIMO uplinks on some 5G bands. Anello Photonics introduced the Siphog, which it says is the world’s first ‘silicon photonics optical gyroscope’, intended as a low-noise and low-drift optical gyroscope to be integrated into inertial navigation solutions. It exploits Anello’s patented photonic integrated circuit technology to enable size, weight and cost reduction compared with FOG solutions. It also offers improvements in drift (including under-temperature and vibration effects), noise and bandwidth limitations versus high-end MEMS IMUs, for autonomous and uncrewed applications. Anello also provides the Anello photonics optical gyroscope & GNSS/ INS evaluation kit (EVK), which can be integrated into uncrewed vehicles via Ethernet, CAN or USB to test the effectiveness of the company’s technology in navigation and georeferencing, even amid severe multi- path and GNSS-denied conditions. Through the Siphog, the EVK can achieve measurement ranges of 200o/s, bias instabilities of <0.5o/hour and angular randomwalks of <0.05o/√hour: it also integrates dual-band GNSS with access to signals from GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo and QZSS signals. It consumes 4 W nominally over an 8-30 V DC input and weighs 1 lb (0.45 kg). HCMF Group and TMY Technology (TMYTEK) showcased a newmillimetre- wave smart car door sensing radar, aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of autonomous door openings and closings. The system is principally intended to address accidents caused by the opening of car doors when objects approaching quickly from a distance go undetected. TMYTEK’s module is built around frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar, enabling it to measure a very small target range (the minimummeasurement range being equivalent to the transmission wavelength) and its relative speed. That allows fast-moving objects to be sensed efficiently and accurately at long distances, allowing the car door to respond accordingly and reduce the risk of an accident. BizLink presented its range of interconnection solutions for autonomous vehicles, including its automotive Ethernet cables that have been designed to suit the anticipated requirements of self-driving road systems. The cables have been developed for compliance with the Open Alliance’s TC2 and TC9 standards on automotive Ethernet covering transmission channel quality, manufacturing, batch reproducibility, electrical requirements and test procedures. The cables have an outside diameter of 3.2mm (±0.15mm), and are rated to work in temperatures of -40 to +105 oC. They transmit data at speeds up to 100 or 1000Mbit/s (depending on whether Gigabit Ethernet has been selected), with impedances of 100Ω (±10%). Aiper launched the Seagull Pro, a UGV designed for autonomous pool cleaning work. It integrates the company’s WavePath Navigation technology to plan and execute back-and-forth cleaning routes (analogous to the zig-zagging survey patterns often taken by survey UAVs during wide-area mapping missions) of pools up to 300 m 2 , as well as a quad- motor system for simultaneous wall- climbing and cleaning. It also features an internal quad-motor system comprising dual suction and dual draining electric motors in order to climb up pool walls, vacuuming and sticking to them, allowing it to be set to clean both the walls and floors of a pool without remote intervention. Its battery provides for up to 3 hours of operation between charges, with DC fast- charging available to enable full recharging in 90minutes. Uncrewed Systems Technology | February/March 2023 Aiper’s Seagull Pro