Woman in STEM

For National Science Week, I spoke at the Super STEM Careers event about my career in STEM.

About Me

Marita Cheng 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.

10 million
My goal with my blog wasn't to reach 10 million views. (And it hasn't.) My goal was to learn discipline: making myself contribute to the world each...
Nail painting robot
A robot friend suggested we go and get our nails painted by a robot! So we went and did that! The first time I saw a nail painting robot was at CES...
Everything is perfect
Whatever anyone does, whatever anyone says, is aligned with how they see the world. And so decisions people make are always perfect for them in the...
ANZ Television Commercial
Appeared in an epic television commercial with my robot arm!
The unglamourous work you love
I love the process of getting an idea, making a plan around it, and then bringing it to the world. It usually involves a lot of emailing, fleshing...
Robot repairs
Robot troubleshooting on the fly in Sydney.
Love is...
Spending long, snug evenings with your significant other. Making time to look after your family. Jesting, gabbing and chilling with friends. Building...
Lifetime goals
Don't be scared of achieving your lifetime goals. You can always make up new goals after you've achieved these.
Sandra Sully AGENDA coffee book
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...
Choose
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...