An example method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing device includes receiving an input indicating a target pose of the robot, providing for display on the GUI of the computing device a transparent representation of the robot as a preview of the target pose in combination with the textured model of the robot indicating the current state of the robot, generating a boundary illustration on the GUI representative of a limit of a range of motion of the robot, based on the target pose extending the robot beyond the boundary illustration, modifying characteristics of the transparent representation of the robot and of the boundary illustration on the GUI to inform of an invalid pose, and based on the target pose being a valid pose, sending instructions to the robot causing the robot to perform the target pose.