An operating machine (10) includes a machine body (12) including a drive source (11) an operation body (22) selected among plural kind thereof and attachable and detachable with respect to the machine body (12) and a control unit (19) to control the drive source (11), the machine body (12) includes plural sensors to emit detection signal when one operation body (22) selected among the plural kind thereof is attached to the machine body, the plural of kind of operation body includes a detection object detectable by the plural sensors, the detection object is provided at different position of the operation body depending on the kind of the operation body (22), and the control unit (19) to identify the one operation body (22) in accordance with each detection signal received from the plural sensors, and to control the drive source (14) to be in a characteristic suitable for an operation of the one operation body (22) based on an identification result.
