Comment A link to the patent for Ginger/IT (Score 1) 554
It appears to be based off of the same technologies used in DEKA's smart wheelchair that can climb stairs, etc. Just a commercialization of it.
http://www.delphion.com/fcgi-bin/any2html?FILENAME =WO%2F01%2F50%2FWO00075001A1.tif&PAGE=1&SCALE=0.35