# Circular movement around an object

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219>\
**Category:** General Application Help: How do I?\
**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219 "2025-06-17T11:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![g.turpin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@g.turpin](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/g.turpin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219/1 "2025-06-17T11:01:15Z")

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Hi all.  
We have just got started with a UR10 in the last two weeks so very new at this. I am wanting to use the Cobot to hold a mobile phone and scan around an object from three different view points. Is this possible and which commands might I use?  
Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![efn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219/2 "2025-06-17T11:35:13Z")

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I would advise you to go do the free e-training offered by Universal Robots if that’s all you want to do. 🙂

Move to a waypoint, make a popup that asks if the image has been taken, then move to the next etc.

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**Author:** ![g.turpin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@g.turpin](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/g.turpin)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219/3 "2025-06-17T12:35:47Z")

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Maybe I didn’t explain enough.  
With a phone set to video I want the arm to move around an object in one continuous circle at point one, from above looking down, point 2 from the middle and point 3 from below looking up.

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**Author:** ![efn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@efn](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/efn)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219/4 "2025-06-17T12:59:23Z")

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You can make a circular movement with a MoveP. 🙂

See the following articles here: [Articles | Support site | Universal Robots](https://www.universal-robots.com/articles/?query=circle)

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**Author:** ![eric.feldmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@eric.feldmann](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/eric.feldmann)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/circular-movement-around-an-object/40219/5 "2025-06-17T14:37:23Z")

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@efn is spot on. Start with the free e-learning: [e-Series e-Learning](https://academy.universal-robots.com/free-e-learning/e-series-e-learning/)

It’s a series of online modules that walk you through the basics of how to use the robot. You’re essentially asking “How do I perform a circle” which is basic enough that you would benefit from the e-learning. Otherwise, as efn also states, you can add a MoveP instruction, and then at the bottom you can add a MoveC.