Using AI Classifications with the AI Vision Sensor – VEX Library

AI Classifications are Game Objects that an AI Vision Sensor can detect. These classifications allow the AI Vision Sensor to distinguish between different types of objects in its field of view.

AI Classification Models

There are three different AI Classification Models available for the AI Vision Sensor to use. These Models change what objects the AI Vision Sensor can detect.

Classroom Objects

The Classroom Objects model includes game objects found within the EXP Classroom Bundles and IQ Classroom Bundle.

The AI Classifications include:

Blue and Red Buckyballs
Blue, Red, and Green Rings
Blue, Red, and Green Cubes

In Text-based VEXcode, each of these classifications has an assigned ID which is what is used to differentiate between them in projects.

V5RC Push Back

The V5RC Push Back model includes game objects for the 2025-2026 V5RC game "Push Back".

V5RC High Stakes

The V5RC High Stakes model includes game objects for the 2024-2025 V5RC game "High Stakes".

Enable AI Classification Detection

To be able to detect AI Classifications, the AI Vision Sensor's Detection Mode must first be enabled in the AI Vision Utility.

AI Vision Sensor Settings menu in VEXcode EXP with the sensor labeled as AIVision1. A large AI Vision Sensor icon is displayed, and beneath it a blue button labeled Configure is highlighted.

Select Configure in the AI Vision Sensor's device menu.

AI Vision Utility menu with the AI Classification option highlighted. By default this option is turned off.

The AI Vision Utility will open. Select the toggle underneath AI Classification to turn on the AI Classification Detection Mode.

AI Vision Utility menu with the AI Classification Model dropdown menu opened. The Classroom Objects model is selected by default, and the three options read Classroom Objects, V5RC Push Back, and V5RC High Stakes.

Select which AI Classification model to use.

For more information on what AI Classifications are included in each model, go to the "AI Classification Models" section in this article.

AI Vision Utility with the AI Classification option turned on and a blue Buckyball identified in the sensor's video feed. The Close button is highlighted in the bottom right corner.

Select Close to exit the AI Vision Utility.

VEXcode EXP Devices menu is opened to the AI Vision Sensor Settings menu. The settings menu lists that the AI Classification Detection Mode is set to on. The Done button in the bottom right corner is highlighted.

You will see the new AI Classification Detection Mode be set to on and the AI Classifications that will be detected are added at the bottom of the AI Vision Sensor's device menu.

Select Done to save your changes to the AI Vision Sensor's configuration.

Coding with AI Classifications

Example project thumbnail that reads Detecting AI Classifications (AI Vision).

To see the AI Vision Sensor move in real time and interact with AI Classifications, use the Detecting AI Classifications (AI Vision) Example Project found within VEXcode.

Game Object	AI Classification	Python ID	C++ ID
Blue and Red Buckyballs	Blue Ball	ClassroomElements.BLUE_BALL	blueBall
Blue and Red Buckyballs	Red Ball	ClassroomElements.RED_BALL	redBall
Blue, Red, and Green Rings	Blue Ring	ClassroomElements.BLUE_RING	blueRing
	Green Ring	ClassroomElements.GREEN_RING	greenRing
	Red Ring	ClassroomElements.RED_RING	redRing
Blue, Red, and Green Cubes	Blue Cube	ClassroomElements.BLUE_CUBE	blueCube
	Green Cube	ClassroomElements.GREEN_CUBE	greenCube
	Red Cube	ClassroomElements.RED_CUBE	redCube

Game Object	AI Classification	Python ID	C++ ID
	Mobile Goal	GameElementsHighStakes.MOBILE_GOAL	mobileGoal
	Red Ring	GameElementsHighStakes.RED_RING	redRing
	Blue Ring	GameElementsHighStakes.BLUE_RING	blueRing