Using a force control system reacting to the pressure on the feet, HyQ can navigate and traverse irregular surfaces and adjust its pace to overcome obstacles of different sizes and shapes.

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The body harness and head strap had to be as light and unobtrusive as possible too - no mean feat when dogs come in different shapes and sizes, even within breeds.

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They can be arranged in different shapes and sizes, from two to thousands of square meters.

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Parents may want to explain that families come in different shapes and sizes, Dr. Gowen says.

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Spectrum comes in different shapes and sizes (well, different frequencies and bandwidths, to be precise) and a machine system needs spectrum with very particular characteristics.

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"Bodies come in different shapes and sizes, and the very idea that there is a concrete qualifying number, and if someone can match it they're considered healthy, is wrong, " she says.

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Roxanne takes a second black velvet-lined box out, one containing several pieces of translucent jade of different shapes, colours and sizes.

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They were yellowed and broken, the remains of maybe a dozen different creatures twisted and spotted skulls and ribs in sizes and shapes Max had never seen in any book or museum.

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