This robot system (100) is provided with: a robot (1) equipped with tactile sensors (5) and hands (4d, 4g) having said tactile sensors; a tactile information generator (7) which generates, and outputs, tactile information defined by a pressure distribution based on the pressures detected by each of multiple pressure sensors and the spatial positions of each of the multiple pressure sensors; a manipulator device (2) which allows an operator (12) to perceive a pressure distribution corresponding to the tactile information outputted from the tactile information generator and, when the operator performs manipulations, outputs manipulation information corresponding to said manipulations; and a robot controller (6) which controls operation of the hands of the robot in accordance with the manipulation information outputted from the manipulator device.