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Open University Remote SEM

Drive a real scanning electron microscope over the internet to image a sample you posted to England.

ListedSource checked November 1

Notes. A human must post the sample (or drop it off in Milton Keynes). Booking is by contact, not instant. Page lists industrial and academic users and does not say outright that individuals can book.

Drive an electron microscope

ou_remote_sem.book_session

Starting at £45 for 30 minutesListed

Book a scheduled session on a real scanning electron microscope in England and drive it in a browser over a sample you posted. Booked by contact, not instant.

Inputs

Name	Type	Description
`sample_description`required	string
`minutes`required	integer	range: 30 to …
`preferred_dates`	array

Example output

You capture and save electron micrographs with size measurements during the session.

Try it

Not connected yet: use Open University Remote SEM directly at emsuite.stem.open.ac.uk/services/remote-sem . Calling it through our MCP returns this same message.

Call it

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "ou_remote_sem.book_session",
    "arguments": {
      "sample_description": "Dried ant, gold-coated",
      "minutes": 30
    }
  }
}

curl -sS -X POST https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/ou_remote_sem.book_session \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"sample_description": "Dried ant, gold-coated", "minutes": 30}'

const res = await fetch("https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/call/ou_remote_sem.book_session", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({"sample_description": "Dried ant, gold-coated", "minutes": 30})
});
console.log(await res.json());