Residents interact with Palro, a humanoid robot at the Fuyouen senior citizen's home in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, May 10, 2013. Seen in front are two baby seal-like Paro therapy robots. [Photo/Icpress.cn]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.