Stephen Jacobsen

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| name = Stephen Jacobsen

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| birth_date = July 15, 1940

| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|03|1940|07|15}}

| death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah

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| field = robotics
bioengineering

| work_institutions = University of Utah

| alma_mater = University of Utah
MIT

| doctoral_advisor = Robert Mann

| thesis_title = Control systems for artificial arms

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| thesis_year = 1973

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| known_for = Founder of Sarcos

| awards = Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology
Member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine
ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award

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Stephen Charles Jacobsen (1940–2016) was an American bioengineer, a pioneer in his field, specifically in developing medical devices and tools, including an artificial kidney and an exoskeleton, and was Distinguished Professor at University of Utah. He was a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine.{{Cite web |url=https://academic-affairs.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/03/Distinguished-Professors-List-2016-5.pdf |title=Distinguished Professors List |publisher=utah.edu |accessdate=February 11, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.coe.utah.edu/jacobsen |title=In Memoriam: Stephen Jacobsen |publisher=utah.edu |accessdate=February 11, 2017}}

Jacobsen founded Sarcos, a technological company producing robots and microelectromechanical systems, in 1983.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?pid=179676942 |title=Stephen C. Jacobsen, 1940 - 2016 Obituary |publisher=Salt Lake Tribune |date=April 20, 2016}}