1. A sensing agent, comprising: a sensing unit configured to monitor a sensing zone; and a computing unit in electronic communication with the sensing unit, wherein in response to the sensing unit detecting an object in the sensing zone, the computing unit is configured to determine an object physical property based on a physical characteristic of the object, wherein the computing unit is configured to identify the object as a unit load device (“ULD”) or a non-ULD object based on the object physical property, and wherein the object physical property comprises at least one of an image of the object, a video of the object, an object dimension, an object shape, an object characteristic, an object orientation, an object location, an object weight, or point cloud data, wherein the object physical property does not include a reading of an identification tag or a label.