# Rowa Vmax at Gateshead, United Kingdom: deployment

Canonical ID: `25d9880e-f88e-401d-9b32-0f6cfce6d74d`

[BD Rowa](/companies/bd-rowa.md) pharmacy robot installed at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. State-of-the-art pharmacy automation for medicine dispensing.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-12_

- **Slug:** bd-rowa-vmax-gateshead-health-uk
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Rowa Vmax](/models/bd-rowa-vmax.md) (id: `2c261596-3dbc-4447-a979-191072415d13`)
- **Category:** [Industrial Robots](/industrial-robots)
- **Company:** [BD Rowa](/companies/bd-rowa.md) (id: `3e21b76b-5bba-4e95-839e-a12d1e8c974d`)
- **Location:** [Gateshead, United Kingdom](/locations/gateshead-united-kingdom.md) (id: `e7cce8a2-4ba7-46af-a808-cb5d8c3be0be`)
- **First seen:** 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dheog44VYcs

## Common questions

### What is the Rowa Vmax deployment at Gateshead, United Kingdom?

Rowa Vmax, built by BD Rowa, is recorded as a deployment at Gateshead, United Kingdom on the DEPLOY registry. BD Rowa operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Rowa Vmax at Gateshead, United Kingdom?

BD Rowa, the manufacturer of Rowa Vmax, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Rowa Vmax deployment at Gateshead, United Kingdom go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Rowa Vmax deployment at Gateshead, United Kingdom?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


_API: GET /v1/robots/25d9880e-f88e-401d-9b32-0f6cfce6d74d · feeds: GET /v1/feeds?deploymentId=25d9880e-f88e-401d-9b32-0f6cfce6d74d · canonical URL: /deployments/bd-rowa-vmax-gateshead-health-uk_