Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring

Brendan O’Flynn; Deirdre Hackett; Sanjeev Kumar; Zahra Soltani; Jonah Imfeld; John Buckley

doi:10.1109/SSI65953.2025.11107206

Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring

Brendan O’Flynn
, Deirdre Hackett
, Sanjeev Kumar
, Zahra Soltani
, Jonah Imfeld
, John Buckley

University College Cork

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331512446
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SSI65953.2025.11107206
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 8 Apr 2025 → 10 Apr 2025

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Name	2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025

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Conference	2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	8/04/25 → 10/04/25

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Cultural Heritage Monitoring
Precision Localisation
UWB tracking

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O’Flynn, B., Hackett, D., Kumar, S., Soltani, Z., Imfeld, J., & Buckley, J. (2025). Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring. In 2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025 (2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSI65953.2025.11107206

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Precision Tracking Systems for Cultural Heritage Monitoring. / O’Flynn, Brendan; Hackett, Deirdre; Kumar, Sanjeev et al.
2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025. (2025 Smart Systems Integration Conference and Exhibition, SSI 2025).

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