A Question For You... Yes, You

In terms of theoretical situations, this one is among my favorites:

Say you were to create two robots: one that could see and explore the world with fast moving legs, and talented eyesight; and one that was very slow and had no vision, yet had arms and built in schematics for creating new robots like itself and its companion. The only purpose for this couple of robots is to create more robots like themselves, and to use any means of surrounding materials to do so...

Would this be like recreating the Garden of Eden? What sort of things would we learn about ourselves if we watched their experiences?