Compared to existing robotic devices and traditional means of search and rescue using sniffer dogs, snake robots are packed with sensors and can use their unique shape and delicate movement to crawl over rubble and bend around obstacles.

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That said, the earcups have almost no articulation, and we had to actually bend the "frame" into shape a bit before we got a useable fit.

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The working prototypes of this digital camera have hundreds of lenses instead of one and bend the basic elements found in a digital camera into a rounded shape.

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Bend your knees and duck down, rolling your head in a 'U'shape under the punch from 'inside' to 'out.

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