Method and system for including robots into social networks

A system comprising:

• a robotic device having at least one mechanical actuator;
• a computing system including a computer-readable memory;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer-readable memory and executable by at least one processor to cause the computing system to:
• make a determination of whether a first party is connected to a second party by a social-network, wherein the social-network comprises a network of parties, including the first party associated with a first party device and the second party associated with a robotic device, wherein the first party and the second party are related via one or more relationships, the one or more relationships indicating a type of connection between the first party and the second party;
• based on the determination, query a behavioral database to obtain a behavioral expectation associated with the first party, wherein the behavioral expectation indicates an action associated with the first party;
• compare the behavioral expectation associated with the first party to a stored behavioral expectation associated with the second party to determine if the behavioral expectation associated with the first party is substantially different from the stored behavioral expectation associated with the second party;
• and
• responsive to the comparison, modify the stored behavioral expectation associated with the second party based on the behavioral expectation associated with the first party.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device having at least one processor to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

• receiving information associated with a first party, wherein the first party is connected to a second party by a social-network, wherein the second party is associated with a robotic device having a mechanical actuator, wherein the social-network comprises a network of parties, including the first party and the second party, that are related via one or more relationships, the one or more relationships indicating a type of connection between the first party and the second party;
• based on the received information, querying a behavioral database to obtain a behavioral expectation associated with the first party, wherein the behavioral expectation indicates an action associated with the first party;
• comparing the behavioral expectation associated with the first party to a stored behavioral expectation associated with the first party is substantially different from or substantially similar to the stored behavioral expectation associated with the second party;
• responsive to the comparing, modifying the stored behavioral expectation associated with the second party based on the behavioral expectation associated with the first party;
• and
• providing instructions, which are executable to perform an action associated with the modified behavioral expectation, to the robotic device associated with the second party.