# Reading in Data

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/reading-in-data/15078>\
**Category:** Robot Communication\
**Created:** [June 23, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/reading-in-data/15078 "2021-06-23T04:16:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon1850335](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon1850335](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon1850335)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/reading-in-data/15078/1 "2021-06-23T04:16:32Z")

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I am new to the UR robot. I am currently programming a program using the UR3 robot. I connected the robot to my computer using ethernet connection. I am going to make a text file with coordinates for the robot to move in my computer. I want to know how I can make the robot read the text file which has the coordinates and move according to the coordinates.

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**Author:** ![terryc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/terryc/32/3006_2.png) [@terryc](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/terryc)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/reading-in-data/15078/2 "2021-06-23T15:03:34Z")

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Probably the easiest way would be to define those points or offsets in a .script file and use an FTP program like Filezilla or WinSCP to transfer the file into the /programs directory. This would allow you to use the script block in polyscope to bring in the file.

There are a bunch of other ways like RTDE and python you could use to stream the points but the script file will probably be the simplest as it’s basically a text file.

The login for the robot for SSH or SFTP is:  
user name: root  
default password: easybot