Abstract: One variation of a method includes, at an external memory drive: initiating a wireless communication protocol with a sensor block; downloading a first key to the sensor block, the first key containing a wireless network setting associated with the workspace; retrieving a unique identifier assigned to the sensor block; and, in response to receiving confirmation of the sensor block connected to the wireless network setting, writing the unique identifier to a list of unique identifiers corresponding to a population of sensor blocks and downloading the list of unique identifiers to a computing device. This variation of the method also includes, at the computing device: accessing an activation status list of sensor blocks connected to the wireless network within the workspace; characterizing a difference between the list of unique identifiers and the activation status list of sensor blocks; and generating a notification to investigate the difference.

Abstract: A method for operating a submersible vehicle includes, responsive to detection of a vortex ring undesirably affecting the vehicle and/or at least one vehicle condition indicating the presence of a vortex ring undesirably affecting the vehicle, initiating at least one control action to mitigate the effect of the vortex ring on the vehicle.