Presented ath the Sept 25, 2017 meeting of the Silicon Valley Automotive Open sSource Group. About RTI's open-source DDS middleware and how it promotes rapid development of vehicle LANs.

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The Intersection of Functional AI and Pervasive Networking™

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3. Why Is RTI?
To enable and realize the potential of smart
machines to serve mankind
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4. And It Will Change Everything
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RTI lives at the
intersection of functional
artificial intelligence and
pervasive networkingSM

6. RTI Overview
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• Largest embedded
middleware vendor
• 1000+ design wins
• Many multi-$b programs
• Full DDS, tools, services,
support, secure & certified
versions

7. RTI in Transportation
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8. • HiL Simulation for
development and test across
the Volkswagen Group
Audi – Functional Engineering Platform (FEP-SDK)
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9. GE Transportation
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GE Transportation freight and passenger
locomotives require safe and reliable
control, signaling, and communications
The databus will leverage Time Sensitive
Networking (TSN) real-time networking
physical layer

10. Operational Traffic Control
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DDS is in operation at Shanghai PVG ground control since 2015.
Rolling out to entire South East China region.
Expanding to air operations and between PuDong and Hongqiao.

11. Enable UAS Flight in National Air Space
• The Ground Based Sense and
Avoid system allows
autonomous planes in US
National Air Space
– Repositioning
– Training & testing
– Disaster relief
– Forest monitoring and fire
suppression
• DO178C safety certified
• Operational with RTI Connext
DDS in 2016
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Management: US Army UAS Project Office
System integrator: SRC, Inc.

12. Bosch Connected World
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13. • Many OEMs, Tier-1s, & tool
vendors support DDS
• RTI carbot designs include
major-brand passenger cars,
trucks, mining vehicles, EV
startups, campus shuttles,
hyperloop and flying cars
• >12 of these production
track
• AUTOSAR design member
DDS On Board
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The RTI databus connects Hyperloop One, the world’s first hyperloop.

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16. Airbus Flying Car

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18. RTI’s Deep Expertise in Autonomy
• Connext DDS enables autonomy
– Ensure reliable data availability
– Guarantee real-time response
– Manage complex dataflow and
state
– Ease system integration
– Allow any network
– Build in security from the start
– Make deployment flexible
– Ease safety certification
– Adapt Intelligence
– Connect Vehicle/Cloud Systems
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Founded from
Stanford Aerospace
Robotics Lab

19. Carbot Dataflow Challenge
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More than 12 production-
track autonomous vehicle
designs use the RTI databus.

20. Clean Databus Architecture
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Cloud Services
Sensing
Planning
Radar, LIDAR Vehicle Platform Navigation
Error
Management
Visualization
Situation Analysis
Situation Awareness
Vision Fusion
Cameras, LIDAR,
Radar
…
Data Fusion
LoggingVehicle Control
Localization
Databus
Traffic Maps
Databus

21. • Zero configuration
• Very reliable
• Connects modules, fast or slow, data intensive or
not
• Makes it easy to plug in simulated modules
• Shift modules around between boards
• Offers many platform options
• Deployment is much much more scalable
• Functional safety cert ISO 26262
• Easy to duplicate modules
– Selectively double or triple redundancy
– Keep redundancy almost invisible. Deployment easy
• Integrates cameras, lidar, radar, gps, control, errors.
Some are very fast (video) Some very frequent
(control).
• QoS adapts flows to problem
• We use DDS to put our teams together!
– Define profiles & interfaces between modules
• Debugging!
– Tools help figure out errors
– Much better error handling. Can solve many without
stopping the system
– Real-time distributed data logging. We even log videos.
– Great display of all the data
– DDS makes it easy to expose data. Just put data on the
bus, decide later who will use it. No users => no load.
• Bridges to backend & mobile
• Handles data fusion & video streams
• We tried using VPN & self defined data formats.
DDS makes security easier.
• Web integration is much easier. DDS topic can be
directly received by back end service. No
middleman translation.
From Our Autonomous Car Customers…
Would have taken us a year to do it, with less functionality

22. RTI Business Model
• Free for non-commercial use
– All middleware, tools, services
– Free community support
– Includes library source
• Inexpensive optional Pro support
• Subscription license for commercial
development
– No runtime royalties
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25. Stan Schneider
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+1 408 835 4062
LinkedIn!
@RTIStan
• We’re Hiring!
– Research: Build programs with top
universities
– Services: Design advanced IIoT
apps around the world
– Automotive Engineers: Build the
industry’s autonomy architecture
– Field Applications Engineers: work
with newest customers
– Engineering: Take on the toughest
challenge* in tech
– Market Strategy: Architect
solutions for future standards
• Positions in US, Spain, worldwide
Contact!
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