# Starship Bot at Bedford, United Kingdom: deployment

Canonical ID: `bdb3f542-c67c-4620-8356-9affd7870604`

Pilot between Bedford Borough Council and Starship for grocery delivery. Part of expanded UK city operations.

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

_Last updated: 2026-08-14_

- **Slug:** starship-bedford-uk
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md) (id: `7d0a26f0-7eb2-4e9c-b713-1caebc6a5484`)
- **Category:** [Sidewalk delivery](/sidewalk-delivery)
- **Company:** [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) (id: `9fa14702-0c5f-4c07-a300-79665ed32dd9`)
- **Location:** [Bedford, United Kingdom](/locations/bedford-uk.md) (id: `f50ea210-fd3f-47f0-8da4-bc11f62a73b5`)
- **First seen:** 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Technologies

## Verified answers

- [Where do delivery robots operate?](/where-do-delivery-robots-operate.md)
- [Sidewalk robot laws: every US state and major market](/sidewalk-robot-laws.md)
- [Delivery robot specs compared](/delivery-robot-specs-compared.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Starship Bot deployment at Bedford, United Kingdom?

Starship Bot, built by Starship Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at Bedford, United Kingdom on the DEPLOY registry. Starship Technologies operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Starship Bot at Bedford, United Kingdom?

Starship Technologies, the manufacturer of Starship Bot, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Starship Bot deployment at Bedford, United Kingdom go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Starship Bot deployment at Bedford, 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.


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