Tape Measure Container Grabber

[Trey178]

For Ultimate Ascent, one CT team had a climbing system that used a set of hooks deployed via tape measure. Now we have idea to use a similar mechanism to grab the recycling containers off the step without moving the totes in the landfill. Having it be directly driven off a Banebots motor, with a 12:1 gear ratio, gave decent retraction but not much else.

My question to the readers is this: what suggestions do you have for controlling a tape measure so it does not kink when it rolls in or out?