Christine Azevedo Coste
Inria Research Director
- IFESS society board member
- Member of PIQ Quadrant (High-Risk High-Reward Research in digital science and technology) expert committee
- Member of GdR Robotique expert committee
- Coordinator of HanditechLab INRIA (HLI) action with Roger Pissard-Gibollet
Research interests : Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to restore gait and grasp in individuals with limb paralysis.
Examples of ongoing projects:
1) Restoring grasping function in individuals with complete tetraplegia – AI-HAND
2) FES-cycling in individuals with lower limb paralysis – FREEWHEELS
Promoting frugal and open source solutions for assistive technology – HLI
Involvement in science outreach activities aimed at young audiences
Examples
Research project with a 4th-5th grade class on using robots to clean the schoolyard
Example of a research project with a 2nd–3rd grade class on a sensor-equipped shoe to support the inclusion of a blind student in the school
