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.
It's been full-on in Malaysia at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia. The most exciting thing has been tracking our Australian entrant, Girton Grammar Team...
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...
I’ve been giving a lot of virtual speaking gigs recently, so I created this short video to give a glimpse at what my virtual speeches are like.
People are impressed by what they can't do. Hence I'm impressed by discipline. Someone who can do the same action every day. Such as swim, run, get...
After months of careful, hard work by the team, we have launched a new Aubot website! Have a look at our new website here! In addition to that -...
When people ask me abut my influences growing up, I tell them about my piano teacher, Mrs Langtree. I went to my first piano lesson when I was 7...
There comes a point when it's time to move on and seek out new challenges. On 31 December 2012, after a year of transition process, I handed over my...
They’re cheap. They don’t always look very pretty. You can even get some with a yellow hue! (And even if you don’t, but you leave them for too long,...
When you leave someone after an interaction, do you leave them present to their own greatness? Do you leave them feeling completely validated,...
Robogals Asia Pacific SINE Perth 2014. 120 participants from Australia, Philippines, Japan, New Zealand and China. Our biggest SINE to date! SINE...
