Granted. They voluntarily enter a roboticizer (like what Dr. Robotnik/Eggman uses) to turn themselves into Penguinator badniks from Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and their vastly improved sliding ability allows them to severely injure any human daring enough to attack them, making humans wary about the robotic penguins.

I wish I had a communicator with many of my school friends' cell numbers so that I could talk to them before our reunion comes up (it is on July 17th this year as you guys likely remember).