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High-precision indoor localization and tracking are essential requirements for the safe navigation and task execution of autonomous mobile robots. Despite the growing importance of mobile robots in various areas, achieving precise indoor localization remains challenging due to signal interference, multipath propagation, and complex indoor layouts. In this work, we present the first comprehensive study comparing the accuracy of Bluetooth low energy (BLE), WiFi, and ultra wideband (UWB) technologies for the indoor localization of mobile robots under various circumstances. In the performed experiments, the error margin of the WiFi-based systems reached 608.7 cm, which is not tolerable for most applications. As a commonly used technology in the existing tracking systems, the accuracy of BLE-based systems is at least 44.12% better than that of WiFi-based systems. The error margin of the BLE-based system in tracking static and mobile robots was 191.7 cm and 340.1 cm, respectively. The experiments showed that even with a limited number of UWB anchors, the system provides acceptable accuracy for tracking the mobile robots. Using only four UWB beacons in an environment of about 431 m area, the maximum error margin of detected positions by the UWB-based tracking system remained below 13.1 cm and 28.9 cm on average for the static and mobile robots, respectively. This error margin is 88.05% lower than that of the BLE-based system and 93.27% lower than that of the WiFi-based system on average. The high tracking precision, the need for a lower number of anchors, and the decreasing hardware costs point out that UWB will be the dominating technology in indoor tracking systems in the near future.
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