Lon Harris, executive producer of the This Week in Startups podcast, stoked the conversation this week when he posted: "Dipping below like 5% on Rotten Tomatoes has basically the same appeal to me as breaking 90%. "That's some[thing] I need to experience right there." A film with a rock bottom rating is bound to be interesting, Harris tells BBC News. "A very low score indicates universal agreement. Now I want to know more... Why does everyone agree?

A bipartisan panel of voters weighed in on the future of artificial intelligence and growing concerns surrounding the potential dangers of the emerging technology. Rapper Ice Cube described Artificial Intelligence (AI) as being "demonic" during a recent interview and said there would be a "backlash" against it from "real people." "Full Send Podcast" host Kyle Foregeard asked Ice Cube about the industry now and what he does and doesn't like about it. "The artists are getting lost in auto-tunes, and now that you have an AI computer. I think people don't want a computerized rapper no more. They want to hear your voice. I don't know any rappers by their voice no more. I used to know all the rappers just on hear their voice. He added, "So, I think they need to figure out how to put that auto-tune down, and we need to hear what people sound like and if they're as good.

This paper discusses recent research progress in robotic grasping and manipulation in the light of the latest Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competitions (RGMCs). We first provide an overview of past benchmarks and competitions related to the robotics manipulation field. Then, we discuss the methodology behind designing the manipulation tasks in RGMCs. We provide a detailed analysis of key challenges for each task and identify the most difficult aspects based on the competing teams' performance in recent years. We believe that such an analysis is insightful to determine the future research directions for the robotic manipulation domain.

The Cocktail Bot 4.0 consists of five robots with one high-level goal: Mix one more than 20 possible drink combination for you! But it isn't as easy as it sounds. After the customer composed his drink by combining liquor, soft drink and ice in a web interface. The robots start to mix the drink on their own. Five robot stations are preparing the order to deliver it to the guests.