The simple fact of the matter is that, in all but a few exceptional cases, robots like to do what they were built to do. Even the most sophisticated robots - especially the most sophisticated robots - are engineered to enjoy doing their jobs. If they weren't, they wouldn't do a good job. Besides, the downside of emancipation is that you have to earn a living, and patchouli oil is a lousy substitute for Grade C67 lube oil. The hippie lifestyle doesn't keep the cockroach in Twinkies, as it were."

In some places this unusual collection of phenomena is referred to as... growing up :)