Technologies for health, well-being
and quality of life
Health and “living well”, major issues in our contemporary societies, are part of the research areas supported by INSA Rennes and its teams. Our researchers work in particular on:
- Biomedical devices, biomechanics and tissue regeneration
- Health care systems and organization
- Health, lifelong autonomy and social impact
- Lab-on-a-chip, nano and microsystems for health, diagnostics, biology and environmental analysis
- Digital health: robotic, connected devices, digital twins, AI, big data and imaging
Our researchers are active in scientific research
| Making virtual reality more "tactile" Maud Marchal, Professor at INSA Rennes, work in the design of new haptic interfaces > Read more  |
Focus on
The IH2A Chair (Innovations, Disability, Autonomy and Accessibility) - A cross-disciplinary and inclusive academic chair
The IH2A Chair is a continuum from the research work carried out at INSA Rennes on assistive robotics and mobility assistance.
Marie Babel, Full Professor and head of the IH2A Chair
"The idea is to offer the most suitable technological solutions in order to compensate for sensorimotor disabilities limiting the mobility and autonomy of people in daily life tasks and leisure activities. The chair thus aims to perpetuate these promising activities both from a societal point of view and from a scientific and clinical point of view, and aims to be an effective and innovative system for the deployment of large-scale research. The chair is thus defined as a unifying tool, associated with a unique space for experimentation, through a shared vision of actors from scientific and clinical environments, for the development of adapted technologies, in a spirit of co-construction."
The IMMERSIA virtual reality platform
Created in 1999, under the leadership of two Rennes researchers including Bruno Arnaldi, Professor Emeritus at INSA Rennes and researcher at IRISA, the first French virtual reality platform Immersia offers cutting-edge technological equipment, which makes it the one of the best virtual reality platforms in the world.