I received an award in New York City from the American Australian Association: the Next Generation Leadership Award. As a result, they're planting a tree in my honour in New York City. As part of my acceptance speech, the aubot team programmed a robot “Shazza” to have a conversation with me, bringing a bit of Australian humour to NYC. Check it out! (The conversation with Shazza begins at 3:30).
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
My most productive days, the days I enjoy the most, and the ones that inspire me the most are the days where I have an extensive pre-written to-do...
Gave a speech for IPAA ACT to 280 people at the CEOs and Young Professionals Network Breakfast. It was a delight to find my friends at Questacon had a...
Am I working towards a larger life goal? Am I learning anything? Does this help keep a roof over my head? I focused on a number of activities while I...
You don't need that much money. Just enough to pay the rent, utilities and food. My plan I created for myself post-uni when I was in 3rd year uni...
Channel 7’s The House of Wellness TV got in touch to find out what I’m up to. We talked robots, Aipoly and more robots.
I attended CES with members of the Aipoly team. Aipoly were fortunate to be awarded a CES Best of Innovation Award for the second year in a row! ...
"If you have too much on your plate, get a bigger plate." I first heard this when I was doing a leadership course in London in 2009. Everyone in the...
I finally graduated! Stoked to give the valedictory speech at my graduation. I received a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) and a Bachelor of...
We spoke about our succession plans today. We did a great activity: if I were to leave Robogals on November 6, one month from now, what would I...
In the first three months, Robogals Melbourne was formed (July ~ September 2008). In the next three, I got to know London and Europe (October 2008 ~...
