You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
'Robopocalypse' explores the intertwined fates of regular people who face a future filled with murderous machines. It follows them as humanity foments the robot uprising fails to recognize the coming storm and then is rocked to the core by methodical crippling attacks.
My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.