Abstract: A robot may be made to operate in response to changes in an environment by determining a currently dominant drive state for the robot from a plurality of competing drive states, sensing a change the environment, selecting an appropriate behavior strategy in accordance with the currently dominant drive state from a database of behavior strategies for response by the robot to the sensed changed, selecting one or more robotic motions to be performed by the robot from a database of robotic motions in accordance with the selected strategy and causing the robot to perform the selected robotic motions.

Abstract: Interactive book and toy assemblies are described. One embodiment relates to an interactive book and toy device including a book having a plurality of pages with text and pictures thereon. A controller is mounted on the book. The device also includes a toy having a speaker positioned therein. The device also includes a connection mechanism adapted to electrically couple the book to the toy. The connection mechanism is also adapted to physically secure the book to the toy. The controller is adapted to transmit a signal to the speaker in the toy, through the connection mechanism, in response to activation of a switch in the book. Other embodiments are described and claimed.