The Tractor Beam is here

[ergophobe]

The good news: Star-Trek-like tractor beams are here

The bad news: They are "like" the ones on Star Trek because they can pull an object, but so far only a 16mm styrofoam ball.

The good news: this already starts to have medical implications for precise drug delivery in the abdominal cavity

https://expmag.com/2022/01/star-trek-has-tractor-beams-so-do-we

Related (from 2014):
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-close-are-we-to-star-trek-propulsion