Not at the beginning...Quote from leela:
Robots will be programing robots!
If you're at all interested with the Matrix series, the animated version (Animatrix) has two chapters that describe how the human world transformed into the robot world (starting with a robot killing its owner). It is quite an interesting transformation...
EDIT: Even if you're not interested in the Matrix, you should still watch the clip
Here is a link to part 1: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uht7_the-animatrix-the-second-renaissanc_shortfilms?from=rss
part 2: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uhum_the-animatrix-the-second-renaissanc_shortfilms