Aircart is one of nine robots that the company showcased at Deview, its annual developer conference, in October. The robot resembles a book cart used in libraries and has touch sensors on its handles. Users can control the motions of Aircart by applying or removing force on the touch sensors. The cart can move uphill and automatically brake when going downhill. Aircart is currently being used at a Yes24 bookstore in Busan, along with Around, an autopilot robot equipped with 360-degree cameras and three-dimensional razor scanners so it can map its environment and detect obstacles. Around was also developed by Naver and used in the store to transport books. Naver, operator of Korea’s top search engine, has been stepping up efforts to reach the technological level of Google through its “ambient intelligence initiative,” in which the company hopes to provide predictive technology that can understand and interpret people’s motivations and circumstances. At Deview in October ,Seok said he believes robots are the “technologies of the present that can be applied to livelihood now, not ones that will be used in the far future.” In line with these ambitions, Naver spun off Naver Labs at the beginning of this year and acquired Xerox Research Center Europe, known for its strength in artificial intelligence research, in June.