Systems and methods for controlling communications, power, and computing

A computer-implemented method for operating a control and communications system, the computer-implemented method comprising, by one or more processors executing program instructions:

• at a first time:
• setting a first communication link of a plurality of communication links as an active communication link for communicating data, the first communication link being a highest priority communication link as compared to any other communication link of the plurality of communication links;
• and
• communicating data over the first communication link;
• and
• at a second time:
• determining a quality score of each communication link of the plurality of communication links based on at least one quality metric of each communication link;
• determining that a quality score of a second communication link of the plurality of communication links exceeds a quality score of the first communication link, the second communication link being a lower priority communication link than the first communication link;
• and
• in response to determining that the quality score of the second communication link exceeds the quality score of the first communication link, setting the second communication link as the active communication link for communicating data and communicating data over the second communication link,
• wherein switching the active communication link from the first communication link to the second communication link is performed automatically.