Week 6 Participant Workouts - Tinkering, Testing & Iteration
Overview
This week's exercises focus on diagnosing real machine faults using RAPID AI and IndusDiagBot.
Participants will engage in hands-on testing, AI output validation, and iterative improvement of the diagnostic
pipeline.
Participant Workouts
- Select a real-world machine fault case from your dataset (e.g., pump, fan, motor, or gearbox).
- Run the fault through the IndusDiagBot or RAPID AI prototype.
- Record the AI's diagnosis, suggested failure mode, confidence score, and RUL (if available).
- Validate AI output with your own engineering judgment or SME insights.
- Identify one area of improvement - e.g., rule logic, sensor threshold, model parameter.
- Modify the AI logic or input parameters and re-run the case.
- Compare results: Before vs After Iteration. Note what changed and why.
- Fill out the RAPID Diagnostic Evaluation Checklist for both runs.
- Complete the RAPID AI Hands-On Worksheet to capture learnings.
- Submit one documented iteration with visuals and key insights to the group workspace by end of the week.
Optional Advanced Challenges
- Run multiple sensor fusion (vibration + thermal) and observe contradiction or correlation.
- Try edge cases - high noise or partial data - and assess how AI handles uncertainty.
- Design a new rule to detect misalignment or resonance and test it.
- Propose one interface improvement that helps explain the AI's decision more clearly.