Getting the munchies has new meaning for some West Coast college students.

Purchase-based PepsiCo is now using self-driving robots at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, to deliver snacks and beverages from Hello Goodness, a curated portfolio of better-for-you brands from PepsiCo, as part of a new test phase.

Among the snackbot offerings: Smartfood Delight, Baked Lay's, SunChips, Pure Leaf Tea, bubly, LIFEWTR and Starbucks Cold Brew.

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Students order the snacks via an app and then meet the six-wheeled robot, which moves at speeds of up to six miles per hour, at one of more than 50 locations on campus. The robots, made by Bay Area-based Robby Technologies, weigh less than 80 pounds and stand at less than three feet tall. They stop when someone stands in front of it, making for easy snack access.

The bots have a range of more than 20 miles on a single charge and are equipped with camera and headlights that allow it to see and navigate carefully in full darkness or rain, as well as all-wheel drive capabilities for handling curbs and steep hills.

The system does, however, eventually require human intervention: PepsiCo has hired people to refill the robots when they run out of inventory as well as replace their batteries.

The test phase began Jan. 3 with three robots but eventually the company plans to grow the fleet to five. PepsiCo said they started the service because a growing number of its customers want a convenient way to buy food via their phones.

It would be an ideal match for Westchester's SUNY Purchase campus, which is just across the street from the headquarters of the snack and beverage company.

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