Xenobots perform kinematic self-replication, a novel behavior not known in any other species on Earth, using a Von Neumann-style replication within 48 hours of creation.

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• Xenobots perform kinematic self-replication by herding loose cells into new Xenobots.finding0.904
  From Kriegman et al. (2021), a novel mode of reproduction never before seen.
• Xenobots (frog skin cells) exhibit kinematic self-replication when provided with loose cells.finding0.854
  Empirical result from Kriegman et al. 2021: frog cell-derived synthetic organisms replicate without sexual reproduction.
• Xenobots’ behavior reveals baseline geodesics through option space that are normally masked by larger collectives.hypothesis0.807
  Hypothesis about the origin of novel goals in synthetic organisms.
• Xenobots’ anatomical and behavioral goals are emergent, rather than directly selected over aeons.claim0.798
  Argues that goal states arise without direct evolutionary sculpting.
• Evolutionary algorithm-designed Xenopus cell clusters exhibit fast self-motile behavior purely from evolved novel shape and tissue distribution, not neural control or genomic information.finding0.794
  Empirical result from Kriegman et al. 2020 demonstrating that 'reprogramming' occurs without altering DNA software
• Kinematic self-replicationconcept0.784
  Self-replication through motion and manipulation of external materials, as seen in Xenobots.
• Xenobots and other liberated cellular collectives reveal hidden morphogenetic capabilities normally suppressed by instructive signaling of other cells.claim0.781
  Interpretive claim about the meaning of Xenobot behaviors.
• Computer-Designed Organisms (Xenobots)concept0.759
  Organisms designed by evolutionary algorithm from Xenopus cells whose behavior is purely a function of evolved shape, not genomic information — inverting normal software/hardware conception