Robot Demonstrates Self-Awareness

The researchers who constructed a robot with "mirror image cognition" are evidently looking at their project from the point of view of asking whether the robot is doing what it is we do. Or at least, what very simple animals do, such as insects. "Consciousness." "Self-awareness." I think the attempt to make that comparison only leads to dissapointment, because there is a tendency to define intelligence as whatever it is artificial intelligence researchers haven't accomplished yet. Instead, look at it as doing something new and useful that robots haven't done before. According to Discovery Channel News:

"A new robot can recognize the difference between a mirror image of itself and another robot that looks just like it.
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Humans learn behavior during cognition and conversely learn to think while behaving, said Takeno.

To mimic this dynamic, a robot needs a common area in its neural network that is able to process information on both cognition and behavior.
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Imitation, said Takeno, is an act that requires both seeing a behavior in another and instantly transferring it to oneself and is the best evidence of consciousness."