Provided is an endoscope system (100) provided with: an endoscope body (1) provided with a shaft (10), an operating unit (20), and an imaging unit (15) an arm (41) for supporting the endoscope body (1), the arm (41) being capable of changing the orientation and position of the endoscope body (1) through use of a plurality of joints whereby a rotation angle about each of predetermined rotary shafts can be changed a memory for recording angle information for each joint a CPU and a mode switching switch (23) for switching between a recording operation mode in which an operator (D) grasps the operating unit (20) and changes the orientation and position of the endoscope body (1), and an automatic operation mode in which the orientation and position of the endoscope body (1) are changed by the CPU the CPU reproducing a reversed time series of the variations in rotation angle for each joint on the basis of the angle information recorded in the memory in the recording operation mode and returning the orientation and position of the endoscope body (1) to the initial state of the recording operation mode when switching occurs from the recording operation mode to the automatic operation mode.La présente invention concerne un système dendoscope (100) qui est doté de : un corps dendoscope (1) doté dune tige (10), dune unité de fonctionnement (20), et dune unité dimagerie (15) un bras (41) pour supporter le corps dendoscope (1), le bras (41) étant capable de changer lorientation et la position du corps dendoscope (1) par lutilisation dune pluralité darticulations, permettant ainsi de changer un angle de rotation autour de chaque tige de rotation prédéterminée une mémoire pour enregistrer des informations dangle pour chaque articulation une unité centrale et un commutateur de commutation de mode (23) pour commuter dun mode de fonctionnement denregistrement dans lequel un opérateur (D) saisit lunité de fonctionnement (20) et modifie lorientation et la position du corps dendoscope (
