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In this study, the synchronisation problem of bilateral teleoperation systems with time‐delay and actuator faults is considered. First, the error dynamic system with actuator faults is modelled as a time‐delay system with disturbance, and a fuzzy disturbance observer (FDO) is designed to estimate the unknown non‐linear disturbance. Moreover, an FDO‐based robust controller is provided for the master robot and a reliable controller is designed for the slave robot, respectively. Next, a sufficient condition is given to ensure the tracking error; the disturbance observation error and the parameter error are uniformly ultimate bounded. Finally, a numerical example is shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]