- Published: Thursday, 20 November 2014
Spoke about my robotic arm at the G20 Brisbane Global Cafe.

Spoke about my robotic arm at the G20 Brisbane Global Cafe.

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.
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