What sci-fi/technothriller books, or the like, have robotic UFOs, robotic aliens, and plan to turn humans into/merge humans with robots?

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There is of course the Borg from Star Trek, the Cybermen from Doctor Who, and if organics are allowed, perhaps the Thing, from “the Thing”.

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