Robohub has an extensive list of women in robotics and it is an inspiring read to say the least. The list features incredible women such as Missy Cummings who was one of the Navy’s first female fighter pilots and Leila Takayama, a senior researcher at Google X.

From Hypatia to Grace Hopper, there have been amazing women who have fought against massive prejudice to carve themselves out a name in the fields of science, engineering, mathematics and technology. These comparatively few women however can easily be lost from the pages of history and to create a more equal ongoing presence of women in technology, we need to show strong female role models.

Professionally, the women on our list are all field leaders with a huge impact on robotics, regardless of their gender. So if you need women for your board of directors, or conference panel etc. then you may need to look deeper, because these women are already super busy. But while there are an increasing number of women in robotics, there is nothing like equal representation so – here are 25 reasons why that should change.

Check it out here and also take a look at our picks from Ada Lovelace Day 2013.