معرفی
Marie Babel is a Full Professor at INSA Rennes, affiliated with the Rainbow team within IRISA/Inria. She specializes in assistive robotics, focusing on mobility aids for people with disabilities, including sensor-based servoing, haptic interfaces, and virtual reality applications. She leads major projects like the DORNELL Challenge and coordinates international collaborations, such as the ISI4NAVE team with University College London. Her academic Chair IH2A (Innovations, Disability, Autonomy, Accessibility) drives interdisciplinary research in assistive technologies. She holds a PhD in image processing (2005) and an habilitation in signal processing (2012).
- Teaching: Robotics, Image Processing, Mathematics for Engineers at INSA Rennes.
- Key Projects: ADAPT (€2M budget), H2020 Crowdbot, PRISME/Ambrougerien.
Research Interests: Multimodal sensor-based systems, human-robot interaction, and clinical trials for assistive technologies. Notable contributions include wheelchair navigation assistance, wearable haptic feedback, and VR simulators.
Awards: Best Paper at Eurohaptics 2022, Innovation Award at SOFMER 2019.
Grants & Labs: Leads INSA's contributions to ADAPT and coordinates DORNELL Challenge. Active in Inria's research networks.
