Emoji

Introduction

The VEX AIM Coding Robot can display emojis on its screen. Emojis can be used to show the robot’s emotion, show a status, or give feedback while a project is running.

Only one emoji can be shown at a time. A new show_emoji method replaces the emoji currently shown on the screen. Use hide_emoji to clear the emoji from the screen.

Below is a list of all methods:

Actions — Show or hide an emoji.

• show_emoji — Displays an emoji on the robot’s screen.

• hide_emoji — Clears the emoji from the screen.

Actions

show_emoji

show_emoji displays an emoji on the robot’s screen. The emoji appears over any text or drawn images on the screen.

Usage:
robot.screen.show_emoji(emoji, direction)

Parameter	Description
emoji	The emoji to display. See the emoji options below.
direction	Optional. The direction the emoji faces on the screen: LOOK_FORWARD (default) LOOK_LEFT LOOK_RIGHT

EXCITED	CONFIDENT	SILLY	AMAZED
STRONG	THRILLED	HAPPY	PROUD
LAUGHING	OPTIMISTIC	DETERMINED	AFFECTIONATE
CALM	QUIET	SHY	CHEERFUL
LOVED	SURPRISED	THINKING	TIRED
CONFUSED	BORED	EMBARRASSED	WORRIED
SAD	SICK	DISAPPOINTED	NERVOUS
ANNOYED	STRESSED	ANGRY	FRUSTRATED
JEALOUS	SHOCKED	FEAR	DISGUST

Examples

# Show two different emotions
robot.screen.show_emoji(CONFIDENT)
wait(2, SECONDS)
robot.screen.show_emoji(FRUSTRATED)

# Show one emoji facing different directions
robot.screen.show_emoji(EXCITED, LOOK_LEFT)
wait(2, SECONDS)
robot.screen.show_emoji(EXCITED, LOOK_FORWARD)
wait(2, SECONDS)
robot.screen.show_emoji(EXCITED, LOOK_RIGHT)

hide_emoji

hide_emoji clears the emoji from the robot’s screen.

Usage:
robot.screen.hide_emoji()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

Example

# Show an emoji for 2 seconds
robot.screen.show_emoji(THINKING)
wait(2, SECONDS)
robot.screen.hide_emoji()