We are INTER!
Interactive Technologies of Engineering in Rehabilitation
An interdisciplinary strategic group of researchers from natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, the humanities and social sciences.
INTER includes more than 100 researchers from different fields and universities.
INTER has two main areas of activity, Smart Home and Mobility, each based on two axes: 1. the design and prototyping of new interactive devices and systems, and 2. the evaluation and transfer of technology.
INTER : Over 170 mandates funded to date, and further opportunities for researchers.
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Latest news about INTER
Strategic-scientific INTER day
MIDI-INTER – May 2026 – Design of an innovative musculotendinous vibration system for the study of proprioception and functional rehabilitation
Working together to improve rehabilitation care and services
Over 100 researcher members
Nicolas Quaegebeur
Université de Sherbrooke
Génie mécanique
2 INTER mandates
Nicola Hagemeister
École de technologie supérieure
Génie des systèmes
3 INTER mandates
Marika Demers
Université de Montréal
Réadaptation
6 INTER mandates
Chantal Dumoulin
Université de Montréal
Réadaptation
3 INTER mandates
Recently completed mandates
179B ComPA
Saving our elders from falls: a question of pressure
199 Dynamo-ONCO
Development of a servo-controlled intravaginal dynamometer for oncology assessments
169 Sim-Age
Human-robot simulation to help the elderly
201 ESPRITE
The structuring effect of highly qualified biomechanical personnel on rehabilitation technologies
173 OptimPOSTat
Optimizing static posturography
187 Open-NUMIS
Low-cost, portable technological solution to the problem of post-stroke learned non-use
178 DAVE
Embedded Audio-Video Device
182 M-PARC
Blood pressure monitor for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
193 Embodiment Technology
Co-designing technologies to convey sensory, bodily and felt experiences of Parkinson’s disease
Intervention Areas
Smart home
Solutions that contribute to instrument living environments and to endow ambient artificial intelligence able to provide ad hoc or continue assistance to occupants and to integrate into any day-to-day object (e.g.: door, stove, mug, fridge, sweater, etc.) or place (e.g.: shopping mall, pharmacy, waiting room in hospitals, etc.) so as to be transparent for occupants.
Mobility
Solutions that contribute to prevent, to delay or to substitute the decline of human mobility, i.e. the physical capacity to walk and move, and the use of objects required for personal well-being.
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