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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Jevaroo’s base
Jevaroo’s base dual plates are weighted with three heavy batteries, two large stepper motors for the neck’s linear actuators and its own two steel...
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Fetch Robotics
I visited Fetch Robotics as part of a field trip for a Stanford course I took. Fetch Robotics sold to Zebra Technologies for $290 million in 2021....
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Robot repairs
Robot troubleshooting on the fly in Sydney.
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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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Australian of the Year Awards 60th anniversary
My last, large, in-person networking event I went to in Australia since before the pandemic was the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Australian of the...
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Australian of the Year Award winners video
The Australian Department of Home Affairs decided to celebrate the Australian of the Year awards with this short animated video of past award...
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Success is in the doing
Even if I know my chances of success are slim because I've been disorganised, have missed deadlines, have generally not followed my own rules for...
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Think more
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. Blaise Pascal One of my favourite things to do is to sit there and...
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Remembering Bob Paterson
I flew from Cairns FNQ to Melbourne (a 3.5-hour flight!) for university. I didn’t have enough money to go to university. But I had faith in myself,...
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Last impressions count
When you leave someone after an interaction, do you leave them present to their own greatness? Do you leave them feeling completely validated,...
