Thing is, Humans themselves are becoming more and more like robots, and lose their sense of empathy for others. Feelings are increasingly considered as a weakness. 'Deliver, deliver, deliver without compassion is the moto these days in order to get maximum results in a performance-driven society.
At the same time, 'real' robots are looking exactly like Humans, and the mutual assimilation in the abolition of feelings makes Human and robot even more indistinguishable.

No doubt that the time will come when Humans will be turned to robots on the operating table!