@gailcalled
I guess you’ve never seen “Despicable Me” then?
It’s a cute animated film about a character, Gru, who’s trying to be the most dastardly villian.
The Minions are his horde of little helpers doing his bidding. They’re simply adorable. Little yellow tube like guys with big eyes, goggles and wearing blue carpenter overalls.
Evidently, there’s a spin off movie of those little guys scheduled to be released this July. Just input “Minions” into Wikipedia for a pic of them and further details.
But from what the OP is describing I’m guessing that his reference to minion like things MIGHT BE Android robots (also yellow green and occasionally other colors).
But I have no idea what site it refers to but I’m just guessing because the Android robots are on lots of different sites and more likely encountered than the heavily copyright-enforced “Minions” from the movie.
If you ever get a chance to see the movie or its sequel, I think you might enjoy it. It’s extremely well done and humorous.