Apple Kid, meanwhile, was taking the time to put little magnetic boxes on the backs of the robots on any of them that had just been turned off, instead of smashed.

This was probably his patented (patent pending) Battery Drainer: A Drain for Batteries, just in case they were turned back on. Good, forward thinking, Apple Kid. You let everyone else ahead of you smash the actively-going-to-destroy-you robots. You've done your part.