Marita Cheng - the girl who built robots, and...

We asked for your Fierce Girls stories, and wow, you delivered! You'll hear inspiring stories by Fierce listeners just like you about a polar explorer, a jockey, a marathon runner, and a robotics pioneer just to name a few! You'll hear five of the best stories spun by listeners o ...  Show more

Calling all Fierce Girls!  Do you know a girl who has guts? A girl who deserves a little more glory? We want to know who the fiercest girls in Australia are, and we need kids like you to tell us!  Ready to find out more and start writing your very own Fierce Girls episode? Go to ...  Show more

When Australian mechanical engineer Marita Cheng got to university, she was shocked to discover that only five out of 50 students on her course were female. She responded by starting Robogals - an organisation that goes into schools and teaches robotics to girls as a way of encou ...  Show more

STEM fields such as robotics are traditionally male dominated. In FIRST robotics, Aparna Srinivasan finds community despite the underrepresentation of women of color in STEM.

RadioActive's Evelyn Jiang has more.

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Growing up as the daughter of a mariachi, Mireya Ramos learned early on that mariachi was a male-dominated world. But after moving to New York City, Mireya decided to challenge tradition and create an all-female mariachi group, opening doors for other musicians and redefining the ...  Show more

The Jetsons promised viewers from the 1960s and beyond that the future would see robots that could cook, clean, and basically run the household. However, developing those sorts of multi-capable robots for real households has been a challenge. Writer Kayt Sukel discuss ...