Engineers at the University of California San Diego, inspired by the unspooling of measuring tape, are suggesting that measuring tape-like material could be used in the making of a robotic gripper.

Tape measure antennas have a long and proud history in amateur radio and shortwave listening, being a long strip of conductive material rolled up in a convenient package. In this case ...

It's a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San ...

It’s a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San ...

Using a tape measure on tight spaces often involves bending the measuring tape and doing your best to get a reading.

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering students have developed a new robot hand that picks fruit and changes light bulbs using just measuring tape as “fingers.” Called “GRIP-tape,” a ...

Measuring tape is springy—you can bend it any way you want and it goes back to its original state. It's also made of steel, which is both robust and durable, as well as thin enough that it won't ...

A team of robotics experts at UC San Diego has developed a robotic gripper based on measuring tape. The tape is a good material for grippers because it is both strong and flexible. The grippers would ...

There are pictures of me swinging a hammer while I was still in diapers. One of the first things my family taught me about construction was how to use a measuring tape. Measurements would be called ...

Make sure you're measuring next to skin, not over clothing! Find how high on your waist or hips you like to wear your jeans and measure from there. Waist: Keep tape measure comfortably loose as you ...

Unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending is a game that plenty of people played as kids and possibly even later in life. However, this activity served as motivation for ...