Japanese toymaker Tomy Company's 'Omnibot17u i-SOBOT', listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's smallest humanoid robot in production, is demonstrated during a news conference in Tokyo, in this July 20, 2007 file photo. [Photo/Agencies]
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.