There is more to biological behavior than causation and control.
Biorobots may model the causation of relatively simple behaviors, but many animal behaviorists are concerned with complex cognitive traits and their evolution. Biorobotics seems limited in its ability to model cognition and to provide evolutionary explanations. Also, if robots could model complex traits, such as theory of mind, underdetermination could be problematic. Underdetermination is also a challenge for comparative psychologists.
Krause
Mark A
MA
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 krause@psy.utexas.