Rovex and BayCare Team Up to Revolutionize In-Hospital Patient Transport
- Tyler Harris
- Apr 23
- 2 min read
Rovex has entered an exciting new chapter.
We’re proud to announce our first official health system partnership with BayCare Health System, one of Florida’s leading health systems. Through this collaboration, Rovex and BayCare will work together to improve the efficiency of in-hospital logistics by creating detailed 3D digital maps of hospital environments and piloting autonomous transport technologies designed to support frontline healthcare teams.
Our first pilot deployment is now underway at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, where our flagship autonomous transport robot, Rovi, has officially entered hospital operations.
For us, this is more than just Rovi's first day on the job. It’s the first real-world step toward a future where autonomous robotics help support care teams, improve operational flow, and return valuable time back to the bedside.
As BayCare shared in their official announcement, the goal of the partnership is to “shape the future of hospital robotics” by introducing new technology into active healthcare environments.
As BayCare’s vice president of Innovation, Craig Anderson, put it:
“We are excited to join forces with Rovex to shape the future of hospital robotics and introduce this cutting‑edge innovation to BayCare, the health care industry, and the communities we serve,”
Hospital transport is one of the most operationally critical and often overlooked functions in healthcare. Every stretcher movement, wheelchair transfer, supply run, and room turnover has a compounding effect across imaging, admissions, discharge, and patient throughput.
Those compounding effects are exactly why Rovex was created.
As our founder, Dr. David Crabb, said:
“Health care has seen enormous investment in digital tools and AI, but hospitals still depend on a huge amount of physical work behind the scenes. We believe robotics can help offload some of that manual burden so staff and providers can spend more time focused on patients,”
Rovi is designed to integrate into hospital workflows, not disrupt them. This pilot is focused first on evaluating those workflows and transport patterns, with later phases exploring robotic stretcher movement inside the hospital environment.
No patients are being transported during the current phase, and that phased approach is important.
Healthcare environments demand trust, safety, and operational precision. Innovation in hospitals should be thoughtful, measured, and grounded in real-world learning, keeping patient safety and experience at the forefront of everything we do.
We're reimagining logistics at real hospitals, and this is just the beginning.
