Pepsi Is Testing a Snack Delivery Robot On Select College Campuses (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: College students used to have to fend for themselves at the campus convenient store but soon may have the snacks coming to them courtesy of a new delivery service. The PepsiCo Hello Goodness Snackbot, an autonomous delivery robot, will now run snacks around select college campuses to satiate whatever case of the munchies it can. Students, staff, and faculty at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California can now order snacks between 9AM and 5PM through the Snackbot app, which is currently only available on iOS. The robot will deliver goods at 50 designated Snackbot areas across campuses. The delivery bot can go more than 20 miles on a single charge and includes a camera, headlights, and all-wheel drive to help it navigate through tough terrain if need be. The Snackbots are part of the company's goal of expanding the reach of their healthier product lines to 50,000 points of presence by the end of 2019.

Comments

What am I missing here?

[DethLok]

If they want a snack, don't students just reach for their selection of snacks that they've previously purchased and stored?
Because I suspect that the snacks delivered by a robot are not likely to be as cheap as snacks purchased on a shopping trip at the cheap place down the road a bit...
And when I was a student, money was important as I didn't have any!
so... what am I missing here?
Are modern students so flush with cash and so poor with planning that they find it easier to order snacks when they're feeling peckish?

Re:What am I missing here?

[Dusanyu]

I recall when I was a Student my dorm as most academic halls had these things that have been around forever, called coin operated machines. serenely these old time devices have to be more covenant than waiting at a Select spot for a robot to show up. granted robotic a cooler on wheels is cool but coinop just works. Unless your an idiot who tries to shake one.