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The inspiring life story of how technologist Marita Cheng built Robogals and recruited over 100,000 girls into STEMTold for the first time as an illustrated children's book!
Available now in 12 countries:
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It takes just grit, creativity and passion to shape the future.
This book was created to inspire girls into STEM!
Here's a quick sample flip through a small part of the book
The book tells Marita's story |
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From humble beginnings growing up in government housing, to conquering the world of technology. This book covers Marita's fascinating journey through it all! |
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At age 19, Marita founded Robogals to get girls interested in engineering through visiting schools and teaching robotics. |
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At 22, leading a team of 4000 people across 13 countries, Marita was named Young Australian of the Year, which is given to one young person per year by the Prime Minister of Australia in front of Parliament House on Australia Day. |
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Marita cofounded Aipoly, using convolutional neural networks to recognize everyday objects for the blind, which won the CES Best of Innovation Award two years in a row. |
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Marita founded Aubot, designing, manufacturing and shipping robots throughout Australia for people with limited upper limb mobility. |
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In 2019, Marita was named the second youngest Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to science and technology, particularly to robotics. She was listed by Forbes as 2018 World's Top 50 Women in Tech, and Forbes 30 Under 30. |
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Marita has given over 400 keynote speeches in 14 countries on AI, STEM education and entrepreneurship. |