SENSATION IMPARTING DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

摘要

According to the present invention, a terminal device 21 has: a transmission unit 131 which transmits, to a robot, operator state information indicating the state of a user 11 operating the robot; a receiving unit 132 which receives, from the robot, robot state information indicating the state of the robot; a sensation imparting unit 114 which imparts a predetermined sensation to the user 11; and a control unit 115 which, when a delay time required for the receiving unit 132 to receive the robot state information after the transmission unit 131 transmits the operator state information is no longer than a predetermined time, controls the sensation imparting unit 114 so as to impart a sensation based on the robot state information to the user 11, and when the delay time is longer than the predetermined time, controls the sensation imparting unit 114 to impart, to the user 11, a sensation based on virtual state information that indicates an estimated robot state.