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.
People don't think about you. They're too busy worrying about how you think about them.
Don't be scared of achieving your lifetime goals. You can always make up new goals after you've achieved these.
Make sure everyone is clear about the meeting time and location. If you are the one hosting the meeting, show up. Woody Allen has a quote, “80% 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...
I was invited to demonstrate my robots on a QANTAS flight from Sydney to San Francisco, while we flew over the Pacific Ocean. I said yes! My fellow...
A lot of successful entrepreneurs dropped out of school (Richard Branson) or university (Bill Gates). But Ogilvy, who went on to become a famous ad...
What I say is important in my life = how I actually live my life
I was thinking about my business idea and wondering when would be the right time to launch, if to launch and how. It was really doing my head in. I...
Spent the entire Sunday working in the garage with Garth Bradbeer and Tom Cooper working on a robotic prototype. We worked until 1am that night, and...
Here is our 8-degree-of-freedom robotic arm Jevaroo, pouring a glass of water and then moving around to show its range of movements!
