Robot system

A robot system, comprising:

• a master device configured to receive an operating instruction from an operator;
• a slave arm configured to perform, in a process containing a plurality of steps, processing of the steps;
• a storage device configured to store operating sequence information that defines the processing carried out by the slave arm;
• and
• a control device configured to control operation of the slave arm, the control device including:
• a receiver configured to receive an input signal;
• a motion controller configured to determine whether an operating mode of the slave arm is to be an automatic mode in which the slave arm is operated based on the operating sequence information, or a manual mode in which the slave arm is operated based on the operating instruction inputted through the master device, or a correctable automatic mode in which the operation of the slave arm under operation in the automatic mode is corrected based on the operating instruction inputted through the master device, and control the operation of the slave arm in the determined operating mode;
• and
• a continuation determinator configured to determine whether a continuation of the automatic mode is permitted,
• wherein, in a process at which the slave arm is scheduled to operate in the automatic mode, after the motion controller suspends the operation of the slave arm in the automatic mode at a given step of the process, the continuation determinator determines whether the continuation of the automatic mode is permitted based on the input signal received by the receiver when the operation is suspended.