electric actuators

Like a microsolenoid?
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/sparkfun-electronics/ROB-11015/1568-1592-ND/6163694&?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhIj37Myo2gIVhkBpCh0WCgJUEAQYAyABEgJ13_D_BwE
Apply 5V, and the piston extends. This one needs quite a bit of current, nearly 1.1 amp, so you'd need a wallwart to source current and a decent logic level, low Rds, N-channel MOSFET to sink current thru it.
And a 1N4001 diode to dissipate current back into it when the MOSFET turns off.