citrusjava

well, usually he gives them something to do, because otherwise they tend to get into trouble. Tony's not very good at being precise - he likes to tell people to do something, and let them work out how to do it - but he has learned that the 'bots need a little more direction than that. Left to their own devices, they wander around the lab, which runs down their batteries, and sometimes they get into trouble (there was An Incident with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, five 3/4" bolts, a hairdryer, and tony's second backup pair of shoe lifts). If he remembers, and he's been working in the lab, he tells them to sort materials (DUM-E's very good with the metal screws) or clean the work surfaces (U has a special chair-cleaning attachment that it's always very quick to don). Sometimes he tells them to take a break, and then they trundle back to their charging stations for a few hours.