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What this is for
A waypoint is a named stop on a route. A mission built with the Move Twin node walks them in order. Waypoints can be placed directly on the georeferenced satellite map, and unlike the rest of the scene they can be placed in Simulate and Live as well as Edit. So you can watch a run, see somewhere the robot should also visit, and add it without leaving the session. Placing waypoints works with or without a map. To place them on the satellite map you need a geo reference and the basemap turned on — without a geo reference the environment has no place on Earth, so there is no map to show. Right-clicking the ground in the 3D scene works either way.Add a waypoint
- Turn on the basemap from the header (optional — see above).
- Right-click the ground where you want the stop.
- Choose Add waypoint.
While a mission is running
Waypoints are locked for the duration of a run. Adding, deleting or dragging one is unavailable while a workflow is walking the route, and the disabled Add waypoint entry names the run that is holding it. This is deliberate. A route that changed mid-mission would send the robot somewhere you never approved, and the run’s arrival records would refer to stops that no longer exist. Wait for the run to finish, or cancel it, then edit. Renaming a workflow’s waypoints is not the same as changing the route — the mission holds waypoint identities, so a rename is safe once the run ends.Collect data along a route
On a Move Twin node:
Bracket the mission with Recorder nodes to capture audio or video for the
whole run.
Captures and recordings appear on the run in the workflow execution detail. Each
waypoint the robot reaches is also logged, so you can see the route it actually
walked in the environment’s Events tab.