About Me
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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Highlight reel and backstage
When I became the Young Australian of the Year, I was so excited. I had a glamorous ideal that my life would change completely! It changed a lot – I...
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Sunday Funday
Spent the entire Sunday working in the garage with Garth Bradbeer and Tom Cooper working on a robotic prototype. We worked until 1am that night, and...
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Eating through mosquito nets
The recurring problem with malaria is that mosquitoes have evolved to be immune to every vaccination ever invented against them. Humans too are...
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Why everyone dolls out the same advice
"Follow your passions." "Dream bigger." "Focus." "You can get there with hard work." "Do what you love because then you'll never have to work a day in...
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Chinese History Museum
The Chinese History Museum invited me to be part of their exhibition on notable Chinese Australians. In February, over Chinese New Year, my mum came to...
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Shell Eco-marathon Asia Wrap-up
It was a whirlwind of a week in Malaysia at Shell Eco-marathon Asia. The air was constantly buzzing with intense excitement and anticipation, mixed...
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The Year of a Young Australian of the Year
In 2008, I founded Robogals as a response to there being hardly any other women in my engineering classes. Our organisation is run by university...
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When to launch
I was thinking about my business idea and wondering when would be the right time to launch, if to launch and how. It was really doing my head in. I...
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ANZ Television Commercial
Appeared in an epic television commercial with my robot arm!
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Hardy Group interview
The Hardy Group invited me to speak with them about healthcare, robotics and leadership. Here I am riffing about those topics!
