Abstract：
Xenobot, the world\'s first biological robot, puts numerous philosophical riddles before us. One among them pertains to the cognitive status of these entities. Are these biological robots cognitive? To evaluate the cognitive status of xenobots and to resolve the puzzle of a single mind emerging from smaller sub-units, in this article, I juxtapose the cognitive capacities of xenobots with that of two other minimal models of cognition, i.e., basal cognition and nonliving active matter cognition. Further, the article underlines the essential cognitive capabilities that xenobots need to achieve to enter what I call stage 1 of xenobotic cognition. Stage 1 is characterized by numerous cognitive mechanisms, which are integral for the survival and cognition of basal organisms. Finally, I suggest that developing xenobots that can reach Stage 1 can help us achieve sophistication in the areas of evolution of the human mind, robotics, biology and medicine, and artificial intelligence (AI).
摘要：
Xenobot,世界上第一个生物机器人,给我们带来了许多哲学上的谜语。其中之一涉及这些实体的认知状态。这些生物机器人是认知的吗？为了评估异种机器人的认知状态，并解决从较小的子单元中出现的单一思维的难题，在这篇文章中,我将异种机器人的认知能力与另外两个最小认知模型的认知能力并列，即，基础认知和无生命活性物质认知。Further,这篇文章强调了异种机器人进入我所说的“异种机器人认知第一阶段”所需要达到的基本认知能力。阶段1的特点是许多认知机制，这是基础生物生存和认知不可或缺的一部分。最后,我建议开发可以达到第一阶段的异种机器人可以帮助我们在人类思维进化领域实现复杂性，机器人,生物学和医学,人工智能（AI）。
