The invention provides a manipulator which can carry out a treatment having a large moving amount in a manipulator leading end while being compact. The manipulator is provided with a manipulator shaft portion, a first rod supported so as to be capable of linearly moving with respect to the manipulator shaft portion and driven by a driving force of a driving source, a first gear rotatably supported to the first rod, a first rack supported to the manipulator shaft portion, a second rack supported so as to be capable of linearly moving in the same direction as the first rod with respect to the manipulator shaft portion, and a end-effecter driven by the driving force of the second rack. The first rack and the second rack are arranged in such a manner that respective cogged surfaces come face to face. The first gear is pinched between the first rack and the second rack, and is arranged in an engaged state.
