Where have you heard this rumor from? It doesn't seem right that they would turn Sub-Zero into a robot because he was against it when he became the Grand Master of the Lin Kuei (Hence why he fled the ...
How was Smoke an exception? If Sektor and Cyrax were automated within fairly the same time period as Smoke was wouldn't Smoke have lost his powers (or vice-versa: Sektor and Cyrax retaining their powe ...