Abstract: A power operated pick-up tool comprises a hollow handle and a battery operated motor received in the handle for imparting a rotary motion driving force through an output gear, a gear reduction assembly reducing the speed of the rotation of the output gear before transmitting the rotational force to a nut and screw assembly which converts the rotational motion into a linear motion of the nut, an elongate hollow stalk having a distal end and a proximal end attached to the handle, and a clamping assembly attached to the distal end of the stalk and the nut of the nut and screw assembly such that the clamping assembly can be operated to grasp an object or release a grasped object upon actuation of the motor.