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Open Micro-Manipulator

We are building an open micro-manipulator after the amazing design of Diffraction Limited (YouTube). He describes is as

This project contains an open source low-cost, easy-to-build motorized XYZ Micro-Manipulator motion control platform achieving submicron precision. It's designed for applications such as optical alignment, probing electronic components, and microscopy.

[Work in Progres]

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Log

2026-07-31

Assembly arrived in the lab and we finished assembling it.

The chosen stepper motors have too short of an axle which makes the mating parts not sit straight.