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VEX AI Vision Sensor (V5 & EXP)
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VEX AI Vision Sensor (V5 & EXP)

A VEX V5 and EXP sensor with AI object detection, AprilTag recognition and color blob tracking for smarter robots.

SKU
276-8659
Category
VEX Robotics
Age
⁦13+⁩ years
Grade levels
Grades 6–8Grades 9–12
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Product overview

The VEX AI Vision Sensor (276-8659) adds powerful object detection to VEX V5 and EXP robots, both in the classroom and on the competition field. It replaces the earlier VEX Vision Sensor (276-4850).

The sensor can detect up to seven colors at once as color blobs, recognize color codes, identify AprilTags, and use AI to detect VEX classroom game objects such as cubes, buckyballs and rings, as well as VEX Robotics Competition game objects from the 2024-25 season onward. Printable AprilTags are available from VEX for classroom activities.

It works with VEXcode V5, VEXcode EXP and the Visual Studio Code extension; color and color-code features are supported in Blocks, Python and C++, as are AI and AprilTag detection. Students can use the sensor to build robots that find, follow and sort objects or navigate by markers. The package includes the AI Vision Sensor and a 1 m USB A-C cable.

Key features

  • AI detection of classroom and competition game objects
  • AprilTag recognition with printable tags
  • Tracks up to seven colors and color codes
  • Works with VEX V5 and VEX EXP
  • Blocks, Python and C++ support in VEXcode
  • Replaces the VEX Vision Sensor (276-4850)
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