Marita Cheng — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Founder and CEO of aubot, developing telepresence robots like Teleport and conducting R&D into robot arms
Co-founder of Aipoly, an object recognition application downloaded over 500,000 times and translated into 23 languages
Founder of Robogals, which has taught robotics workshops to over 120,000 girls globally
Named Forbes World's Top 50 Women In Tech 2018 and Forbes 30 Under 30 2016
Awarded 2012 Young Australian of the Year
Holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) / Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Melbourne

Biography

Marita Cheng AM is the founder and CEO of aubot, a company focused on robotics. She holds the distinction of being the youngest Member of the Order of Australia and was recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Top 50 Women In Tech in 2018 and Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. In 2012, she was named Young Australian of the Year.