# Continuing robot program with path\_offset enabled

**URL:** https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820
**Category:** URScript
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820 "2020-11-10T07:22:55Z")
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### Author: ![andreas.enhuber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@andreas.enhuber](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/andreas.enhuber)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820/1 "2020-11-10T07:22:55Z")

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Hello guys,

When the robot is running the program and moving between two points without path\_offset enabled you can pause and continue the program without the need to move back to the starting point of the motion. If path\_offset is enabled it’s necessary need to restart the robot program.

Is there a possibility to continue the program? Anything i can do to avoid the necessary restart of the robot program?

I’'m not sure this is intended to be like this. Is this a known behavior?

Regards,  
Andreas

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### Author: ![Ebbe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/ebbe/32/1413_2.png) [@Ebbe](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/Ebbe)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820/2 "2020-11-13T08:02:17Z")

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Hi @andreas.enhuber,

I will expect the path\_offset is sharing some properties with the conveyor tracking. So the reason is that by pausing the program the synchronization is already lost. However there is a lot of use cases for the online path offset where it would make sense to have the ability to resume.  
For now I do not see a way around it. But I will let you know if I figure something out!

Ebbe

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### Author: ![raab.heiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@raab.heiko](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/raab.heiko)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820/3 "2021-11-04T07:49:09Z")

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Hello everybody,

I have the same issue using path\_offset. Is there a solution or workaround in the meantime?

Best regards,  
Heiko

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### Author: ![anon55508156](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@anon55508156](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon55508156)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820/4 "2023-01-05T08:55:26Z")

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Hi.

Any news on a fix, workaround or solution to the issue?

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### Author: ![rfmatos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@rfmatos](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/rfmatos)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/continuing-robot-program-with-path-offset-enabled/9820/5 "2024-07-23T15:16:48Z")

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Hi there,

I’m also interested in any kind of solution for this issue.  
Any news about this subject?

Thanks in advance.