This article highlights various robotics advancements and events. MAB Robotics develops legged robots for industrial infrastructure inspection and maintenance. G1, a walking robot, can operate underwater. SDS, a pipeline for quadrupedal skill learning, uses GPT-4o. TRON 1 is a multimodal biped robot capable of switching between different foot ends. AnyCar, a transformer-based generalist dynamics model, enhances agile control for wheeled robots. The article also features Engineered Arts' desktop robots, Plato's intuitive carrying capabilities, and a UPenn GRASP Lab seminar on simulation-to-reality transfer.

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) announced the winner of its Landscape Design Competition, led by Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi of Ja Architecture Studio, with landscape architect Todd Douglas of Janet Rosenberg & Studio and civil engineer Kayam Ramsewak of MTE Consultants. The winning design, 'The Grounding Meadow,' focuses on sustainability, accessibility, art, and welcoming spaces. The team will receive a $20,000 prize and lead the redesign project at 111 Moatfield Drive in Toronto. Three $5,000 prizes were also awarded to Honourable Mentions.

Neom has showcased construction progress on The Line, a mega city project in northwestern Saudi Arabia, through a video released at the MIPIM property fair. The video, shared by The Line's COO Giles Pendleton, highlights extensive foundation work and preparations for the first phase, which is set to be completed by 2030. The Line is designed to stretch 170 kilometers and features parallel skyscrapers each 500 meters high, with a design concept by US studio Morphosis. The project has faced criticism regarding sustainability and human rights issues.