Robot, heal thyself - TrustNoRobot

Just read my daily robot news feed and came across this article about self healing robots. Basically they will put sensors in the soft tissue that can'feel' and sense pain. The self-healing project is seeking to create what it describes as "anthropomorphic materials, capable of feeling pain" Part of me likes the idea of robots'feeling' something and another part of my is terrified of it. I do understand the usecase and value but also feel like it is one more step of building systems that will further outperform humans. We have been building tools since the dawn of man that enhance or help us outperform each other, but the difference is that in the coming inflection point when the machines actually are not dependent on humans anymore to create themselves, heal themselves and expand their presence without our control, it will be new era.