Sarcos
| Founded | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Stephen Jacobsen |
| Headquarters | University of Utah Research Park, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Products | Microelectromechanical systems, Medical microsystems, Powered exoskeleton |
| Divisions | Robotics, Biomedical engineering |
| Website | Sarcos Online |
Sarcos is an American developer of robotics and microelectromechanical systems and related technologies. It was founded in the early 1980s when it was spun out from the University of Utah. The company specializes in creating robotic devices for military and public safety applications. Sarcos has a rich legacy of innovation that can be found in a wide variety of applications, ranging from the robotic pirates and dinosaurs at well-known theme parks, to the robotic fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, to NASA space suit testing equipment, prosthetic limbs, and MEMS sensors. Time Magazine named Sarcos’ Iron Man-like exoskeleton robot one of “The 50 Best Inventions of 2010”.
The company is developing robots that improve safety and efficiency defense, public safety, manufacturing, oil & gas, construction, transportation, mining, infrastructure inspection and health care.
Sarcos was founded in 1983 by Stephen Jacobsen and operated principally as a bioengineering research institution. By 1992, Jacobsen increased attention to commercial interests such as animated film props, prostheses, and human/computer interfaces. In 2000, Sarcos accepted a grant from DARPA, the research arm of the United States Department of Defense, to develop a design for a powered exoskeleton suitable for military applications. DARPA accepted the Sarcos design in 2006 and the firm began developing prototypes. In November 2007, Raytheon purchased Sarcos for an undisclosed sum, seeking to expand into robotics research and production.
In 2006, Sarcos attracted media attention for developing an exoskeleton that is designed to be worn by a human. Slated for production in 2008 for the United States Army.
From 2007 until 2014, Sarcos operated as the robotics division of American defense contractor Raytheon and was known as Raytheon Sarcos. During this period, Raytheon Sarcos was focused exclusively on developing cutting edge technologies for use by U.S. governmental agencies.
The company was operated as a division of Raytheon until 2015 when Raytheon Sarcos President and Mission Center Executive Dr. Fraser Smith and technology entrepreneur Ben Wolff led a consortium that acquired the Sarcos business from Raytheon. In September 2016, Caterpillar, GE Ventures and Microsoft led a financing round to provide Sarcos with the growth capital necessary to expedite the commercialization of its products.
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