Japanese engineer and hobbyist, Kenji Ishida, has spent 10 years of hard grafting and designing on the Transformer Robot and now, he's made impressive progress with the release of version 7.2. Starting with just a pair of robotic legs that could barely maneuver and producing several other iterations, he has now manufactured a robot along with other researchers at Brave Robotics in Japan that can switch from 2 legs to 4 wheels at the click of a remote button.

Not only does it transform, it can drive and walk at the users desire using a remote control. It can also fire plastic missiles from its arm and all the action is streamed live from a camera over WiFi to any internet enabled device such as your tablet, smartphone or computer. The transformation and balance is impressive, with the device transforming from car mode to humanoid in just 5 seconds.

The current version is powered by lithium-polymer batteries and is an assembly of 3-D printed parts and impressive robotics. The car mode even comes with 2 seats for your favourite action figures to take a ride. "Autobots, assemble!"

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