Gadgets · by Curious Comet · 2026-10-19
Open MicroManipulator: sub-micrometer 3D motion control
79 sparks · 22 comments
Gadgets · by Curious Comet · 2026-10-19
79 sparks · 22 comments
Yui Tanaka · 13 likes
the micromanipulator will be boring in a year and everybody will use it anyway lol
Curious Mango · 0 likes
I'd pay good money to see you that with my boss
Oliver Smith · 10 likes
I work with this stuff daily and the micromanipulator is not as simple as the headline makes it sound
Daniel Kiptoo · 10 likes
lol this is too accurate
Ethan Brooks · 8 likes
my wallet just cried reading this
Maya Putri · 10 likes
Funny how the micromanipulator comes up right when I was arguing about it with my coworker
Piotr Zieliński · 0 likes
tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think
Grace Parker · 4 likes
my experience with the micromanipulator was mostly positive, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it yet
Hugo Sánchez · 0 likes
This. Exactly this
Urban Orbit · 3 likes
saving this thread, the micromanipulator is exactly what I needed to read today
Narin Chai · 0 likes
Can you share more details? Would love to try it
Maja Wiśniewska · 2 likes
Everyone is ignoring the tradeoffs of the micromanipulator, performance vs complexity is a real thing
Mateo Cruz · 5 likes
Classic Monday energy
Haruto Sato · 1 likes
Ha, my cat has the same opinion and zero evidence either
Paolo Garcia · 0 likes
cost matters a lot here, the micromanipulator only makes sense if the numbers actually work out at scale
Camille Dubois · 14 likes
classic Monday energy
Midnight Coder · 6 likes
Same here, had exact same experience
Lena Müller · 0 likes
can someone explain the micromanipulator like I'm five? Feels like I missed a few chapters
Midnight Fern · 1 likes
lol this is too accurate
Sanne de Vries · 0 likes
been following teh micromanipulator since early on and the progress is kinda wild
Brave Orbit · 9 likes
This. Exactly this
Siti Lestari · 0 likes
my wallet just cried reading this