To simplify the configuration of an operation section in a robot control system to simplify the entire system.

The robot control system is provided with; a robot cleaner having a mobile telephone 3 attached with a camera 2 and automatically traveling with drive wheels 10a, 10b; and a mobile telephone 17 provided with an operation button 18 and a display device 19. Operating the operation button 18 of the mobile phone 17 to make a call to a mobile phone 3 of the robot cleaner via a base station 20 can display an image from the camera 2 on the display device 19 of the mobile phone 17 and operating the operation button 18 in this state transmits an instruction to the mobile phone 3 via the base station. Thus, the cleaner robot is automatically travels on the basis of map information.