Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring

This publication, as part of the Horizon Europe AURORA project [1] (https://www.aurora-h2020.eu/) describes the development of a low power consumption UltraWide Band (UWB) wireless indoor tracking device focussed on indoor localization of valuable artworks in a museum using wireless sensor network (WSN) technology. AURORA aims to advance the state of the Art in embedded tracking devices for cultural heritage artefacts, striving for minimal impact on the art object. The goal of the Aurora project is to alert relevant museum staff to any anomalous movement of artworks and provide the base for precision real-time tracking of the location of the artefact in question. UWB technology is the most accurate wireless solution for indoor positioning. In comparison to alternative wireless technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRaWAN, ZigBee, and RFID), UWB possesses specific characteristics and capabilities that render it particularly suitable for accurate indoor localization.