Can robots get "memberships" by social interaction?

Hiroyuki Fujii, Michio Okada. Can robots get "memberships" by social interaction?. Artif. Life Robotics, 10(1):77-80, 2006. [doi]

@article{FujiiO06-0,
  title = {Can robots get "memberships" by social interaction?},
  author = {Hiroyuki Fujii and Michio Okada},
  year = {2006},
  doi = {10.1007/s10015-005-0376-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-005-0376-2},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/FujiiO06-0},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Artif. Life Robotics},
  volume = {10},
  number = {1},
  pages = {77-80},
}