Robots the inevitable future?

I think we’ve all been reading a lot of great technological advances in robotics nowadays. We see a lot of developments from manually operated to autonomous robots. Even our children participate in robotics olympiads. I came across this model robot kit that you can even build. It’s pretty neat. Applications of the thing in real life can be very useful. Imagine being able to carry heavy loads with the thing. A photo below of what the model looks like.

If you’ve watch Matrix Revolutions the movie (I’ve taken a snapshot from a scene). I take it that you see the resemblance. Sure hope it’s not going to be our future.