Robots don't necessarily "grow" - they can't gain/lose mass through the acquisition/loss of energy.
Robots don't spontaneuosly mutate; subsequently, robots don't evolve. They don't contain genetic material which is capable of being inherited by
off-spring.
Robots -independent of programming-, aren't "self-sophisticating".
Robots aren't endowed with reproductive organs, and don't contain the ability to produce life naturally; therefore, robots can't experience
pregnancy.
Robots can't think beyond programming.
On the other hand, when organisms combine with robots, thats quite interesting. Scientists were able to culture mouse neurons on a robot; the robot
was capable of learning and behaved similarly to that of a mouse.
If one were to further that effort and build a sort of "camera" on the robot and cultured hawk photoreceptors on the camera, this would be a
"mouse-hawk hybrid". Thats the route neuroscience is headed, and that may likely afford humans a significantly extended life-span, if the process is
able to be made more efficient - which it will.
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