Future Technologies for Our Past

The SAFE-ART Project

Prof. Chiara Petrioli

Director SENSES lab

University of Rome “La Sapienza”

www.safe-art.it© Marco Merola

SafeArtIncreasing Safety of Mobile Cultural Heritage

Objectives:

Large scale monitoring of cultural heritage with accurate low cost data loggers + data analysis

to decide IF and HOW to move cultural heritage

To combine costcontainment and increasedsafety

Shock and vibrationsHumidityTemperatureLocalization

Remote MonitoringData storage/data analysis

SAFE-ART: The system

SAFE-ART: The data loggers

ACCURATE andROBUST

- High precision;- Both periodic and event based sampling, high frequency of sampling;- Data loggers communicate via a wireless protocol and are synchronized;- Energy efficient design

- HW/SW design and customization;- Miniaturized data loggers;- Can be placed both on cultural heritage and on the crate- Techniques developed with ISCR to attach the sensor to the artwork in a completely reversible way

FLEXIBILE and CUSTOMIZABLE

- Modular approach: dataloggers can be placed on different critical, particularly fragile points of the artwork

- Position of the transported cultural heritage, as well as a summary of the monitored data are displayed in real-time via Web or through an APP;

- SAFE-ART software platform will allow to store information on the monitored cultural heritage, as well asmeasurements taken during transportation, thus posing the basis for a digital identity card of cultural heritage;

Identification of risks as a first step for risk mitigation: oftenmonitored data allowed to take actions such as changingpackaging design for the return route;

Technology validation: Quantitative evidence of the pros/consof different types of crates, packaging techniques;

Decision Support: Part of a quantitative approach to makedecisions on when and how to transport cultural heritage

Policies: Studies with ISCR aim at setting guidelines to increasesafety of transportation of italian cultural heritage.

ENVISIONED IMPACT

THANK YOU –QUESTIONS?

Future technologies for our

past

Anne de WallensMusée du Louvre

CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE : EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

Anne de Wallens

Musée du Louvre

OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

I. CONTEXT

II. STANDARDISATION

III. TWO SPECIFIC STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TRANSIT, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

CONCLUSION

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THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

I. CONTEXT

1. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES

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THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

2. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS

3. IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD

II. STANDARDISATION

1. WHAT IS A STANDARD ?

CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE : EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

2. EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION COMMITTEE (CEN)

A. Definition

B. Organisation

- Technical committees (TC)- Working groups

III. TWO SPECIFIC STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TRANSIT AND TRANSPORT METHODS

1. WHO ARE THE EXPERTS

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THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

2. FOR WHICH PURPOSES

3. WHO ARE THE USERS ?

4. WHAT IS THEIR CONTENT ?

5. FOR WHICH USE ?

CONCLUSION

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THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

THANK YOU

CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE : EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

THE CASE OF TWO STANDARDS : PACKING METHODS, AND TRANSPORT METHODS

Future technologies for our past

Marco Rossani

Registrar

Museo Egizio, Turin

Modern technologies in ancient time

Transporting objects in the archaeological site of Pompei

Main activities

• Removal of the pieces from their original position

• Packing

• Monitoring

• Final check

Removal of the pieces from their positions

• Efforts to investigate the conservation status usingdifferent kinds of analysis, such as radiography, CT-Scan, georadar, ultrasound.

Preventive analysis

STONES• Ultrasound investigation

Correct removal

Such analysis provides an idea of the internal structure of the statue, and informs us about the presence of a metal bar. This allows us to decide how to remove and pack it.

Mummies radiographiesprovide us an idea of the conservationconditions of the inside of the object

Packed mummy cat

Packaging and travelling

• Traditional wooden crates provide good results, combined with modern materials used to protect and isolate the objects from the external atmosphere

• Each archeological material requires a specific packing system, such for example as teflon, which is used for painted surfaces on stone

Dumper

Monitoring while travelling

• Many instruments must be used to control record and transmit all data from the crate to our devices

• We can control shocks, acceleration and deceleration, temperature, and the level of humidity.

Possibility of climate fixing during transportation

Is it possible to foresee what an object can tolerate?

• Are there consequences that I cannot see?

• What happened inside the object after shaking or repetitive vibrations?

edinburgh-robotics.org d.m.lane@hw.ac.uk

David Lane CBE FREng FRSE

Professor of Autonomous Systems EngineeringHeriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ocean Systems LaboratoryEdinburgh Centre for Robotics

http://www.edinburgh-robotics.orghttp://oceansystemslab-heriotwatt.com

Marine Robotics for Archeology

What's Hot and So What?

David Lane

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

Marine Robotic ArcheologyAutonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

Marine Robotic ArcheologyAutonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey

Citadel Fortress, Tallinn Harbour entrance

Marine Robotic ArcheologyAutonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

Video Mosaicing

Cala Minnola, Levanzo Island, Sicily

Marine Robotic ArcheologyAutonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

http://www.arrowsproject.eu/media-center/trials/ Rummu Quarry, Estonia3D Reconstruction from Video Mosaic

Marine Robotic ArcheologyAutonomous Underwater Vehicle Survey

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

SeeTrack Automatic Target Recognition

Bioinspired Sonar

Wideband, Widebeam Biosonar distinguishes man made objects

• Widebeam distinguishes across track targets

• Multi-chirp finds targets in clutter

• Improved Seabed Characterisation

• Trials in Citadel Site, Tallinn Harbour, Estonia

• New incoherent SAS processing resolves scatterers

david.lane@edinburgh-robotics.org

Pailhas, Brown, Lane, Valeyrie Capus “Developing new sensing capabilities for archaeological operations using wideband sonar systems” IEEE Oceans 2016 Shanghai

Marine Robotic ArcheologyU-CAT AUV For Shipwreck Entry

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

Persistent Autonomy

Skill Learning for Valve Turning, Chain Cleaning

david.lane@edinburgh-robotics.org

Persistent Autonomy

Adaptive Task Planning for Reactive Exploration

david.lane@edinburgh-robotics.org

Continuum Actuators For Dexterous Manipulation

HWU, Univ Genoa, IAN, Univ Barcelona, IMBC, U Galway,

Force/slip control. Blind grasping. Collaborating Arms

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

Marine Robotic ArcheologyUnderwater Dropbox

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

MANgOfederated world Model using an underwater Acoustic NetwOrk

Ocean Systems LaboratoryEdinburgh Centre for Robotics

http://www.edinburgh-robotics.orghttp://oceansystemslab-heriotwatt.com

Marine Robotics for Archeology

What's Hot and So What?

David Lane

D.M.Lane@hw.ac.uk Edinburgh-Robotics.org

edinburgh-robotics.org d.m.lane@hw.ac.uk

David Lane CBE FREng FRSE

Professor of Autonomous Systems EngineeringHeriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK