First Acoustic Sensor Grid Successfully Deployed in Pilot Soum

Following months of rigorous laboratory testing and environmental waterproofing design, the AIZoOM project team has officially deployed our first live bioacoustic sensor grid in the field.

The Deployment Strategy

Working closely with local health officials and community volunteers, our team installed 40 modified AudioMoth autonomous recording units (ARUs) across a known marmot habitat identified as a historical plague natural focus. The sensors are placed in a carefully calculated grid to ensure overlapping acoustic coverage of the colony.

• Continuous Monitoring: The sensors are programmed to record 5-minute samples every hour, focusing on the ultrasonic frequency ranges used for rodent social communication.
• Weather Resilience: All units are housed in custom, 3D-printed enclosures equipped with solar-charging arrays designed to withstand the harsh Mongolian spring conditions.

Next Steps

These sensors will remain in the field for the next 8 weeks to establish a baseline "healthy" acoustic signature for this specific ecosystem. This baseline data is crucial for training our anomaly detection AI models in the upcoming quarter.