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.
One of the biggest muscles to exercise shouldn't be getting yourself motivated to not procrasinate. Sure, procrastination is a big issue, and...
On 14 July 2008, I founded Robogals. At the Robogals 10-year anniversary gala in Melbourne, I gave a speech alongside Mark Parncutt, co-founder of...
No doesn't mean… I hate you. You suck. Your project is stupid. You're not good enough. You're wasting your time on your project. You should be...
When I was in my final year of high school, my family couldn't afford to send me to university, so I looked for scholarships that would enable me to...
Spoke about my robotic arm at the G20 Brisbane Global Cafe.
Through speaking on stage together at Vogue magazine’s Vogue Codes event together in Sydney in 2018, Sandra Sully invited me to take part in her...
I was thinking and plotting and planning my startup. When to begin. Was it too early? Was the market ready? Would I waste my time? Would I waste my...
When are you going to apply for that grant? When are you going to start your assignment? When are you going to start your advertising campaign? When are...
Do you ever think to yourself that you can’t do this? That you’re not smart enough? That you haven’t practised enough? That you’re not ready? That...
The Project called me a “Woman to Watch” and shot this short video. It contains footage of a child going to school remotely using Teleport,...
