follow_waypoints
Navigate the robot through a sequence of waypoints in order
How to use it
follow_waypoints is exposed by the Nav2 MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the follow_waypoints tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
FULL NAV2 MCP SERVER LISTINGOther tools in Nav2 MCP Server (11)
Move the robot backward by a specified distance
Cancel the currently active navigation task
Clear robot navigation costmaps to remove stale obstacle data
Dock the robot to a charging station or dock
Compute a navigation path between two poses
Compute a navigation path from the robot's current pose to a goal pose
Get the current position and orientation of the robot
Control Nav2 lifecycle (startup or shutdown)
Navigate the robot to a specific pose (position and orientation) in the map frame
Rotate the robot in place by a specified angle
Undock the robot from a charging station or dock