Capturing Images from VEX AIM – VEX Library

The VEX VS Code Extension can be used to capture images from the VEX AIM Coding Robot's screen.

Note: The robot must be connected to your computer in order to capture images through VS Code.

The VS Code Extension with the VEX Extension highlighted with a red box.

Open the VEX Extension while the robot is connected to your computer.

Note: The robot can't connect to the VEX Extension if VEXcode is open.

The VEX Device Info panel in Visual Studio Code showing details for a connected AIM Robot named AIM_5. Information includes VEXos version, robot name, ID, battery level, and serial ports. A camera icon in the top right corner of the robot's section is highlighted in red.

Under VEX DEVICE INFO, hover over the AIM Robot section header and select the camera icon.

The Visual Studio Code interface with the VEX extension active. The sidebar shows project actions including New Project and Import Project, documentation options, and VEX Device Info for a connected AIM Robot. In the main window, an image file named test.png is open, showing the Drive icon from the VEX GO Brain menu, with a battery icon visible above it.

Once you have saved the image using your device's saving dialog, the captured image will appear.