Robotic armageddon and survivalism

Robotic Armageddon - we all know the scenario from science fiction stories like 'Terminator', 'I Robot', '2001 Space Odyssey', the 2012 version of 'Total Recall', 'The Matrix', ... Artificial intelligence is created and is used to enslave people or decides by it's own volition to kill all humans, or otherwise turns against us. Like a bomb, a robots function and purpose is clear and definitive. Their very existence defines their purpose. As a bomb is defined by it's single function, the failure of it to perform as it is designed redefines its existence. An unexploded or defused bomb is simply not a bomb, A bomb is it's explosion and the explosion is the bomb. Until the first decade of the 22nd century robotic warfare was purely science fiction. Then beginning sometime during the American invasion of the middle east, robotic artificial intelligence was unleashed as war machines against humanity. These robots called drones are constructed more like planes, gliders and remote controlled helicopters, and not humanoid in physical construction. They are still the beginning stages of full robotic warfare. Essentially, the threat from robots is one found only in the realm of monsters. An inhuman, unfeeling, unsympathetic, unreasonable, nonnegotiable, machine. A machine who's sole purpose is the destruction of mankind. Robots cannot be bought, they cannot be bribed, bargained with, negotiated with, or compromised with. However, they can be reprogrammed or destroyed. The vulnerabilities to such technologies are both obvious and daunting. Sabotage, Physical destruction, Hacking, robots under opposition control, and E.M.P 'weapons'  which are incorrectly called "weapons", because weapons are used against humans and not machines. And an E.M.P. is completely harmless to humans and only affects electronic systems. I will only discuss the first two options for defense against robots.

How to kill a robot - Most machines use components of more basic designs. Gears, pulleys, hydraulics, leavers, cams, batteries, capacitors, motors, software, software processors, sensory systems, communication systems... any of these things can malfunction under the wrong conditions. Failures in any systems can occur because of fluctuations in temperature, humidity, voltage, external pressures, internal pressures, lubrication issues, programming errors, oxidation of components, mechanical wear and erosion...

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