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This paper describes the analysis of actual micro-surgery operation to determine the specifications of a tele-micro-surgery system. The implemented system for the connection of micro blood vessels consists of multiple micro co-located operation point slave manipulators, macro rotational-force-feedback-free master manipulators and a vision system which is comprised of a fixed viewpoint microscope and a movable monitor system. The parameters of the vision system can be controlled in accordance with the system's understanding of the operator's intention by monitoring the posture change of the operator. The experimental results showed the effectiveness of the developed system. In the experiment, a blood vessel of a rat with a diameter less than 1 mm was successfully sutured using needle with a curvature radius of 2 mm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]