manipulator
noun/məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymology From manipulate + -or.
1
Agent Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
2
A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
- The power lights blinked red and the amplifier failed, but not before Kassad had seen the tapering ovoid shapes, spotted with thrusters and cockpit blisters, each trailing a tangle of six jointless manipulator arms.1989, Dan Simmons, Hyperion, London: Headline, published 1991, page 157:
3
A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.
- Derived terms
- master-slave manipulator, micromanipulator, nanomanipulator, telemanipulator