Dr T. Thang Vo-Doan
Lecturer
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Affiliate of Queensland Brain Institute
Queensland Brain Institute
+61 7 336 53587
Researcher biography
Dr T. Thang Vo-Doan is a Lecturer of the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg, Germany (2019-2023). He was also a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (2016-2018). He was awarded his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NTU in 2016. He received his M.Eng. degree in Manufacturing Engineering and B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam in 2010 and 2008 respectively. He was awarded the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program Cross-disciplinary Fellowship (2019-2022).
He directs the UQ Biorobotics lab after joining in the University of Queensland. Current research activities of the lab focus on insect-machine hybrid robots, bio-inspired robotics, insect structures and functions, biomechanics, fast lock-on tracking, and brain imaging in untethered insects.
Journal Articles
Vo-Doan, T. Thang, Titov, Victor V., Harrap, Michael J. M., Lochner, Stephan and Straw, Andrew D. (2024). High-resolution outdoor videography of insects using Fast Lock-On tracking. Science Robotics, 9 (95) ARTN eadm7689. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adm7689
Hoang, Trung Thien, Nguyen, Chi Cong, Phan, Phuoc Thien, Davies, James, Tran, Hien Anh, Thai, Mai Thanh, Truong, Vi Khanh, Nguyen, Tuan-Khoa, Vo-Doan, Tat Thang, Phan, Hoang-Phuong, Lovell, Nigel Hamilton and Do, Thanh Nho (2024). Shape Programmable and Multifunctional Soft Textile Muscles for Wearable and Soft Robotics. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6 (9) 2300875. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202300875
Thai, Mai Thanh, Davies, James, Nguyen, Chi Cong, Phan, Phuoc Thien, Hoang, Trung Thien, Ji, Adrienne, Zhu, Kefan, Sharma, Bibhu, Nicotra, Emanuele, Vo‐Doan, Tat Thang, Phan, Hoang‐Phuong, Lovell, Nigel Hamilton and Do, Thanh Nho (2023). Soft wearable haptic display and flexible 3D force sensor for teleoperated surgical systems. Advanced Sensor Research, 3 (1) 2300105, 1-15. doi: 10.1002/adsr.202300105
Zhu, Kefan, Phan, Phuoc Thien, Sharma, Bibhu, Davies, James, Thai, Mai Thanh, Hoang, Trung Thien, Nguyen, Chi Cong, Ji, Adrienne, Nicotra, Emanuele, La, Hung Manh, Vo-Doan, Tat Thang, Phan, Hoang-Phuong, Lovell, Nigel H. and Do, Thanh Nho (2023). A smart, textile-driven, soft exosuit for spinal assistance. Sensors, 23 (19) 8329, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/s23198329
V. Titova, Anna, Kau, Benedikt E., Tibor, Shir, Mach, Jana, Vo-Doan, T. Thang, Wittlinger, Matthias and Straw, Andrew D. (2023). Displacement experiments provide evidence for path integration in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226 (12) jeb245289, 1-10. doi: 10.1242/jeb.245289
Tran-Ngoc, Phuoc Thanh, Le, Duc Long, Chong, Bing Sheng, Nguyen, Huu Duoc, Dung, Van Than, Cao, Feng, Li, Yao, Kai, Kazuki, Gan, Jia Hui, Vo-Doan, Tat Thang, Nguyen, Thanh Luan and Sato, Hirotaka (2023). Intelligent insect–computer hybrid robot: installing innate obstacle negotiation and onboard human detection onto cyborg insect. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5 (5) 2200319. doi: 10.1002/aisy.202200319
Nguyen, H. Duoc, Dung, V. Than, Sato, Hirotaka and Vo-Doan, T. Thang (2022). Efficient autonomous navigation for terrestrial insect-machine hybrid systems. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 376 (Part A) 132988, 132988. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.132988
Tran-Ngoc, P Thanh, Lim, Leslie Ziqi, Gan, Jia Hui, Wang, Hong, Vo-Doan, T. Thang and Sato, Hirotaka (2022). A robotic leg inspired from an insect leg. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 17 (5) 056008, 056008. doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac78b5
Vo-Doan, T. Thang, Dung, V. Than and Sato, Hirotaka (2022). A cyborg insect reveals a function of a muscle in free flight. Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 9780504, 9780504. doi: 10.34133/2022/9780504
Poon, Kee Chun, Phan, Quoc Tuan, Vo-Doan, T. Thang, Lin, Ming and Sato, Hirotaka (2021). Alloy-free amorphous Pt–B–P/C electrocatalyst for enhanced methanol electro-oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (61), 31305-31311. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.07.045
Nguyen, Huu Duoc, Tan, Pak Zan, Sato, Hirotaka and Vo-Doan, T. Thang (2020). Sideways Walking Control of a Cyborg Beetle. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2 (3), 331-337. doi: 10.1109/tmrb.2020.3004632
Le, Duc Long, Ferdinandus, Tnee, Chin Kiat, Vo Doan, T. Thang, Arai, Satoshi, Suzuki, Madoka, Sou, Keitaro and Sato, Hirotaka (2018). Neurotransmitter-loaded nanocapsule triggers on-demand muscle relaxation in living organism. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10 (44), 37812-37819. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b11079
Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Tan, Melvin Y.W., Bui, Xuan Hien and Sato, Hirotaka (2018). An Ultralightweight and Living Legged Robot. Soft Robotics, 5 (1), 17-23. doi: 10.1089/soro.2017.0038
Li, Yao, Cao, Feng, Vo Doan, Tat Thang and Sato, Hirotaka (2017). Role of outstretched forelegs of flying beetles revealed and demonstrated by remote leg stimulation in free flight. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (Pt 19), 3499-3507. doi: 10.1242/jeb.159376
Miyagawa, Takuya, Fujie, Toshinori, Ferdinandus,, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Sato, Hirotaka and Takeoka, Shinji (2016). Glue-free stacked luminescent nanosheets enable high-resolution ratiometric temperature mapping in living small animals. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (49), 33377-33385. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b06075
Li, Yao, Cao, Feng, Thang Vo Doan, Tat and Sato, Hirotaka (2016). Controlled banked turns in coleopteran flight measured by a miniature wireless inertial measurement unit. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11 (5) 056018. doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/5/056018
Shimomura, Toshiki, Iwamoto, Hiroyuki, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Ishiwata, Shin'ichi, Sato, Hirotaka and Suzuki, Madoka (2016). A beetle flight muscle displays leg muscle microstructure. Biophysical Journal, 111 (6), 1295-1303. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.08.013
Vo Doan, T. Thang and Sato, Hirotaka (2016). Insect-machine hybrid system: Remote radio control of a freely flying beetle (Mercynorrhina torquata). Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016 (115) e54260, 1-9. doi: 10.3791/54260
Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Wang, Jingbo, Poon, Kee Chun, Tan, Desmond C. L., Khezri, Bahareh, Webster, Richard D., Su, Haibin and Sato, Hirotaka (2016). Theoretical modelling and facile synthesis of a highly active boron-doped palladium catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 55 (24), 6842-6847. doi: 10.1002/anie.201601727
Sato, Hirotaka, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., Van Kleef, Joshua, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter and Maharbiz, Michel M. (2015). Deciphering the role of a coleopteran steering muscle via free flight stimulation. Current Biology, 25 (6), 798-803. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.051
Cao, Feng, Zhang, Chao, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Li, Yao, Sangi, Daniyal Haider, Koh, Jie Sheng, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Aziz, Mohamed Fareez Bin, Choo, Hao Yu, Ikeda, Kazuo, Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M. and Sato, Hirotaka (2014). A biological micro actuator: graded and closed-loop control of insect leg motion by electrical stimulation of muscles. PLoS ONE, 9 (8) e105389. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105389
Poon, Kee Chun, Tan, Desmond C. L., Vo, Thang D. T., Khezri, Bahareh, Su, Haibin, Webster, Richard D. and Sato, Hirotaka (2014). Newly developed stepwise electroless deposition enables a remarkably facile synthesis of highly active and stable amorphous Pd nanoparticle electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (14), 5217-5220. doi: 10.1021/ja500275r
Conference Papers
Nguyen, H. Duoc, Sato, Hirotaka and Vo-Doan, T. Thang (2023). Burst stimulation for enhanced locomotion control of terrestrial cyborg insects. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), London, United Kingdom, 29 May-2 June 2023. Washington, DC USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160443
Nguyen, Huu Duoc, Tan, Pakzan, Sato, Hitotaka and Vo Doan, Tat Thang (2019). Ultra-Lightweight Cyborg Insect: sideways walking of remote-controlled living beetle with a miniature backpack. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS), Munich, Germany, 18-20 September 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/cbs46900.2019.9114394
Vo Doan, T. T., Li, Y., Cao, F. and Sato, H. (2015). Cyborg beetle: thrust control of free flying beetle via a miniature wireless neuromuscular stimulator. 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Estoril, Portugal, 18-22 January 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051142
Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Kolev, Svetoslav, Huynh, Ngoc Anh, Zhang, Chao, Massey, Travis L., Abbeel, Pieter, Maharbiz, Michel M. and Sato, Hirotaka (2013). Insect-machine hybrid system. 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 3-7 July 2013, Osaka, Japan. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610126
Pham, Huy Hoang and Vo Doan, Tat Thang (2010). Design and simulation of flexure-based planar force/torque sensor. 2010 IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, Singapore, 28-30 June 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ramech.2010.5513191