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However, in some scenarios, human-in-the-loop control is required. In this case, having an intuitive system for moving the robot within the working environment is crucial. Additionally, the operator should be aided by sensory feedback to obtain a user-friendly robot control system. Haptic feedback is one way of achieving such a system. This paper designs and assesses an intuitive teleoperation system for controlling an industrial 6-DoF robotic manipulator using a Geomagic Touch haptic interface. The system utilises both virtual environment-induced and physical sensor-induced haptic feedback to provide the user with both a higher amount of environmental awareness and additional safety while manoeuvering the robot within its working area. Different tests show that the system is capable of fully stopping the manipulator without colliding with the environment, and preventing it from entering singularity states with Cartesian end effector velocities of up to 0.25 m\/s. 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