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UW_NRG's EMMA Robot at ICRA 2013

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University of Waterloo NanoRobotics Group's microrobot EMMA (ElectroMagnetic MicroRobotic Actuation), competing in the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), in Germany. UW_NRG secured first place for the MicroRobotic Mobility Challenge. UW_NRG is an entirely undergraduate team and research group from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The group has competed in ICRA every year since 2009, and was also able to place first in 2011. 2013 is their return to first place. EMMA is a small, magnetic robot that is controlled by an external magnetic field. For more information on EMMA and UW_NRG's other robots, check out uwnrg.org. Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/uwnrg Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/uwnrg