Wednesday 21 November 2012

Laser-thinned Scotch tape used as tiny robotic claw

Tape claw

Strips of laser-thinned Scotch tape have been adapted to create a robotic claw capable of collecting small liquid samples.


The claw -- not dissimilar to toy grabbers in amusement arcades -- is the work of engineers at Purdue University and uses four strips of tape to create a functional and low-cost mechanism which could be used to collect biochemicals or bacteria from water.


By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Nate Lanxon


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/21/tape-claw

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