Blueye Cloud: Mission planning

Plan semi-autonomous waypoint missions on a big screen, then run them from the Blueye App. The mission planner in Blueye Cloud lets you sketch waypoints and survey areas, simulate the mission, and export it to your drone.

Prefer video? Watch the Blueye Cloud walkthrough — this section starts at 11:35.

Create a mission

Go to the Missions tab.
Select New mission.
Give the mission a name. Set the default surge speed, heave speed, and circle of acceptance if needed. You can also add tags to keep missions organized.

A new, empty mission in the planner.

Add instructions

A mission is a list of instructions. Select + in the Instructions panel to see everything the drone can do:

Navigation: Waypoint, Go to Home, Go to Surface, Go to Seabed, Set Depth, Survey Area.
Camera: Take Photo, Timelapse, Start Recording.

Combine them freely — for example: dive to depth, run a survey pattern while recording, take photos at key waypoints, then return to home.

Add waypoints

Select the Waypoint tool and click directly on the map to place waypoints. Each waypoint has a name, exact coordinates, speed, and circle of acceptance. Enable Depth set point to make the drone hold a specific depth at that waypoint.

Click on the map to place a waypoint, then adjust its parameters in the panel. The instruction palette on the left shows all navigation and camera instructions.

Create a survey area

Use the Survey Area tool to draw a zone on the map. Blueye Cloud automatically generates a lawnmower search pattern that covers the area.

A generated lawnmower pattern over the survey area.

Adjust survey parameters

Tune the pattern in the side panel: heading, lane spacing, turnaround distance, speed, and depth. The pattern updates live on the map, and you can drag the corner vertices to reshape the area.

Heading and lane spacing control the shape and density of the survey pattern.

Review the mission timeline

The toolbar and bottom timeline show the simulated mission: number of waypoints, total distance, estimated duration, and the planned depth profile. Review these before you export.

The simulated depth profile and estimated duration for the planned mission.

Send the mission to your drone

Select Export to download the mission file, then import it in the Blueye App to run it on your drone. You can also Import existing missions into the planner to review or edit them.