Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code, or the world risks untold atrocitiesu00a0at their steely hands, a lau00a0the Arnold Schwarzenegger hit Terminator, says a new US navy report.

The stark warningu00a0-- which includes discussion of a Terminator-style scenario in which robots turn on their human mastersu00a0-- is part of a hefty report funded by and prepared for the US Navy's high-tech and secretive Office of Naval Research.