Create Cover Marita Cheng was named one of 2018 Forbes World's Top 50 Women in Tech
 
CES aubot Marita founded robotics company Aubot making robots to help people in their everyday lives, Robogals to encourage girls into engineering, and Aipoly AI sight for the visually impaired
 
Korea speaking Marita has given over 350 speeches in the USA, Australia, the UK, China, France, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, UAE, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, and Malaysia
 
Choose Maths Bus Melbourne Marita was 2012 Young Australian of the Year, and a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30
 
A video with Marita, robots and maths
 

City of Darwin Robotics Workshop

Published: Saturday, 23 August 2014

I was invited to Darwin for National Science Week on 19 August where I ran a robotics workshop for the kids.  The next day, I gave a speech to 400 girls at the local state school.

Darwin Workshop Group

 

Darwin Workshop

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a top 50 woman in tech globally, and 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals, and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company, Aubot. I also give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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