WORK MACHINE AND WORK MACHINE SYSTEM

Provided are a work machine and a work machine system that reduce risk that a vehicle body comes into contact with an obstacle nearby in a case wherein abnormality arises in the work machine. The work machine comprises: a traveling body; a rotary body rotatably mounted onto the traveling body; a work machinery of an articulated type mounted to the rotary body and including a boom, an arm and a work tool; and a control device. The control device comprises a control instruction calculation section, a machine control section, an abnormality detection section, an avoiding movement necessity determination section and an avoidance control instruction section. The machine control section controls the traveling body, the rotary body and the work machinery putting priority on the avoidance control instruction over the operation control instruction.