Multi-sensor agent devices

A method for controlling deployed multi-sensor agent devices, the method comprising:

• establishing communication with one or more deployed multi-sensor agent devices, each of the respective one or more agent devices comprising a power supply, a communications module, and one or more sensor clusters, and each of the respective one or more sensor clusters comprising a microcontroller and one or more sensors communicatively coupled with the microcontroller of the sensor cluster;
• sending signals to the deployed agent devices, wherein the signals identify at least one sensor type of interest and cause activation of one or more sensors associated with the at least one sensor type of interest;
• and
• receiving data collected by the activated sensors.

A system comprising:

• a control center;
• and
• a plurality of deployed multi-sensor agent devices, each of the respective agent devices comprising a power supply, a communications module, and one or more sensor clusters, and each of the respective one or more sensor clusters comprising a microcontroller and one or more sensors communicatively coupled with the microcontroller;
• each of the respective agent devices being configured to perform operations comprising:
• preparing responses to network management protocol queries from the control center, the responses being communicated by the communications module via a first set of logical channels;
• collecting data from at least one of the sensors of the agent device;
• generating an update to a ledger that records the collected data;
• and
• sending the update through the communications module via a second set of logical channels different from the first set of logical channels.