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 ...  Afficher plus

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 ...  Afficher plus

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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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 ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, Zara and Leo head to a kids robot convention. Find out how these robot whisperers RISE to the occasion, and hear the

inspiring story of Dhairya, a Big Life Kid from Sydney, Australia, who LIFTS OTHERS with his helpfulness!

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When Yoky Matsuoka was growing up in Tokyo, Japan, in the 1980s, she dreamed of becoming a world-famous tennis player. But when repeated injuries dashed her hopes, she found her way to a new dream: to create a robot who could play tennis with her. Yoky’s curiosity about the world ...  Afficher plus