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The '''[[Eureka (organization)|Eureka]] PROMETHEUS Project''' ('''''PRO'''gra'''M'''me for a '''E'''uropean '''T'''raffic of '''H'''ighest '''E'''fficiency and '''U'''nprecedented '''S'''afety'', 1987–1995) was the largest [[Research and development|R&D project]] ever in the field of [[driverless car]]s. It received {{currency|749 million|euro}} in funding from the [[EUREKA]] member states,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurekanetwork.org/project/id/45 |access-date=2015-10-31 |title=EUREKA Project E!45 PROMETHEUS |work=EUREKA website |archive-date=2018-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814201633/http://www.eurekanetwork.org/project/id/45 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and defined the state of the art of [[autonomous]] vehicles. Numerous universities and car manufacturers participated in this Pan-European project.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In formulating the project, the automotive and industrial partners recognised the need for a wide range of skills and cooperated with over forty research establishments to create a programme consisting of seven sub-projects. Under a steering committee were three projects on industrial research and four on basic research.<ref>{{cite book |title=Resources for tomorrow's transport |date=31 October 1989 |publisher=European Conference of Transport Ministers (ECMT) |location=Brussels |isbn=92-821-1142-3 |pages=455–458 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTvjAwAAQBAJ |access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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Industrial research<br />
* PRO-CAR : Driver assistance by computer systems<br />
* PRO-NET : Vehicle-to-vehicle communication<br />
* PRO-ROAD : Vehicle-to-environment communication<br />
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Basic Research<br />
* PRO-ART : Methods and systems of artificial intelligence<br />
* PRO-CHIP: Custom hardware for intelligent processing in vehicles<br />
* PRO-COM : Methods and standards for communication<br />
* PRO-GEN : Traffic scenario for new assessment and introduction of new systems<br />
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In 1987, some UK Universities expressed concern that the industrial focus on the project neglected import traffic safety issues such as pedestrian protection. PRO-GEN project leader, the UK Government's [[Transport and Road Research Laboratory]] noted that research activities should 'in some way, further the aims of the vehicle companies.<ref>{{cite journal |title=New Scientist |date=29 October 1987 |issue=1584 |pages=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNhrfn31WcAC |access-date=23 July 2018|last1=Information |first1=Reed Business }}</ref><br />
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== Results ==<br />
The project culminated in a 'Board Members Meeting' (BMM) on 18–20 October 1994 in Paris.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Board Member Meeting Event Guide|publisher = PROMETHEUS|year = 1994}}</ref> Projects demonstrated ('Common European Demonstrators') were:<br />
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CED 1 : Vision Enhancement<br />
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CED 2-1 : Friction Monitoring and Vehicle Dynamics<br />
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CED 2-2 : Lane Keeping Support<br />
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CED 2-3 : Visibility Range Monitoring<br />
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CED 2-4 : Driver Status Monitoring<br />
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CED 3 : Collision Avoidance<br />
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CED 4 : Cooperative Driving<br />
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CED 5 : Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control<br />
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CED 6 : Automatic Emergency Call<br />
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CED 7 : Fleet Management<br />
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CED 9 : Dual Mode Route Guidance<br />
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CED 10: Travel and Traffic Information Systems<br />
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PROMETHEUS PRO-ART profited from the participation of [[Ernst Dickmanns]], the 1980s pioneer of [[driverless car]]s, and his team at Bundeswehr Universität München, collaborating with [[Daimler-Benz]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Delcker |first1=Janosch |title=The man who invented the self-driving car (in 1986) |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/delf-driving-car-born-1986-ernst-dickmanns-mercedes/ |access-date=23 July 2018 |publisher=Politico |date=19 July 2018}}</ref> A first culmination point was achieved in 1994, when their twin robot vehicles [[VaMP]] and VITA-2 drove more than {{convert|1000|km}} on a [[Paris]] multi-lane highway in standard heavy traffic at speeds up to {{convert|130|km/h}}. They demonstrated autonomous driving in free lanes, [[convoy]] driving, automatic [[Optical motion tracking|tracking]] of other vehicles, and lane changes left and right with autonomous passing of other cars.<ref>J. Becker, "Autonomous Driving: The Impact of Automated Vehicles on Society," Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 32-33.</ref><br />
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== Participants ==<br />
There were upwards of 600 commercial members that participated in some way in the Prometheus Project,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=High-Tech Europe |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft609nb394&chunk.id=d0e18919&toc.id=&brand=ucpress |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref> however, notable ones include<br />
* [[Aeritalia]]<br />
* [[Aérospatiale|Aerospatiale]]<br />
* [[ABB|ASEA-Brown-Bovei]]<br />
* [[BASF]]<br />
BMW<br />
* [[Bosch (company)|Bosch]]<br />
* [[British Aerospace]]<br />
* [[Groupe Bull|Bull]]<br />
* [[CASA (aircraft manufacturer)|CASA]]<br />
* [[Canadian General Electric|CGE]]<br />
* [[Fiat]]<br />
* [[General Electric Company|GEC]]<br />
* [[Imperial Chemical Industries|Imperial Chemicals, Inc.]]<br />
* [[International Computers Limited|ICL]]<br />
* [[Italtel]]<br />
* [[Matra]]<br />
* [[MBB SE|MBB]]<br />
* [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]<br />
* [[Edison (company)|Montedison]]<br />
* [[Nokia]]<br />
* [[Olivetti]]<br />
* [[Peugeot]]<br />
* [[Philips]]<br />
* [[Plessey]]<br />
* [[Renault]]<br />
* [[Saab Automobile|Saab]]<br />
* [[STMicroelectronics|SGS-Thompson]]<br />
* [[Siemens]]<br />
* [[Thomson Reuters|Thomson]]<br />
* [[Volkswagen]]<br />
* [[Volvo]]<br />
In addition to commercial participation, there were multiple countries that assisted with the project. These include<br />
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* [[France]]<br />
* [[Germany]]<br />
* [[Italy]]<br />
* [[Spain]]<br />
* [[United Kingdom|The UK]]<br />
* [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]]<br />
* [[Sweden]]<br />
* [[Austria]]<br />
* [[Belgium]]<br />
* [[Denmark]]<br />
* [[Norway]]<br />
* [[Switzerland]]<br />
* [[Finland]]<br />
* [[Portugal]]<br />
* [[Greece]]<br />
* [[Ireland]]<br />
* [[Luxembourg]]<br />
* [[Turkey]]<br />
* [[Yugoslavia]]<br />
* [[Iceland]]<br />
* [[Canada]]<br />
* [[United States|The United States]]<br />
* [[Hungary]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Portal|Cars}}<br />
* [[Driverless car]]<br />
* [[DARPA Grand Challenge]]<br />
* [[ARGO (ATV manufacturer)|ARGO]] Project on autonomous cars<br />
* [[ELROB]] trials<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130812020119/http://www.gcdc.net/ Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge 2011], International Competition<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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