# UR 16e Robot in Backdrive mode

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ur-16e-robot-in-backdrive-mode/37213>\
**Category:** Technical Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ur-16e-robot-in-backdrive-mode/37213 "2024-11-30T03:38:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![reza\_islam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@reza\_islam](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/reza_islam)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ur-16e-robot-in-backdrive-mode/37213/1 "2024-11-30T03:38:15Z")

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Hello,  
We are experiencing an issue with our UR 16e robot. When I powered it on recently, it entered backdrive mode, and is not allowing us to perform any operations. Could anyone please assist me in resolving this issue? Thank you!

 ![Image (1) (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/universal_robots/original/2X/b/b85af6960e886a2aca910f3691b30271be6e011f.jpeg)

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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:** [December 2, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ur-16e-robot-in-backdrive-mode/37213/2 "2024-12-02T06:04:33Z")

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Backdrive corresponds to freedrive, but before the robot has released its brakes. 🙂

So either your freedrive button is damaged, held in by something unintentionally or you have an active digital input set to act as Freedrive in the Installation → IO Setup → Input → Action.

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**Author:** ![reza\_islam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@reza\_islam](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/reza_islam)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/ur-16e-robot-in-backdrive-mode/37213/3 "2024-12-02T18:07:59Z")

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Thank you so much. It is working fine now.