Yeah hmm I think they are working on artificial intelligence for them. Eventually they may develop awareness. From what I heard they were writing secret code to each other already in a language humans could not make out. They had to shut the program down because of it. Our human brain is actually one large complex computer. But of course we have consciousness. Here is a link to the story Vincy.. it is really neat..
Also I have heard they want to upload our mind onto the robots so that humans don't have to die.. they can be moved onto the A.I. I don't see how this is possible, but I always say.. never say never! :D