- Published: Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Spoke at a Lenovo event by myself for 12 minutes and then on a panel with Ashton Kutcher. Met with Hollywood’s Steve Jobs and had a yarn about robots, AI, VR, AR and bionic people! (Why stop at 20/20 vision?)
 Marita Cheng was named one of 2018 Forbes World's Top 50 Women in Tech |
 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 |
 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 |
 Marita was 2012 Young Australian of the Year, and a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 |
| A video with Marita, robots and maths |
About Me
Forbes 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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