Reply #65: they're not bots, there isn't even the pretence that they're autonomous

[rman]

these things are RINO's: Robots In Name Only. In reality they are remote-controlled (remote presence, remote sensing if you will).

However, autonomous vehicles are in the works, though about all they can do on their own is navigate and identify targets. Of course these can be used as weapons platforms, so that they could also engage targets.
That would suck big time but it's still a long way from taking over the world.
True Artificial Intelligence needed for any robot to "decide" to take over the world is still a long way off, but i know no principal reason why that could not become reality - eventually.