I'M GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AN EVIL, INVADING FORCE.
Dr. Kaku: MY JOURNEY IS GONNA TAKE ME TO SOME SURPRISING PLACES.
SOMETHING THIS BIG GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT SMALL?
THAT'S AMAZING.
WHOA, WHOA! OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THAT.
I'M GONNA GET AN AMAZING GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE...
LOOK AT THAT THING CLIMB. HI THERE.
...AND I'LL BE LOOKING TO SCI-FI FANS FOR INSPIRATION.
IT COULD HAVE DIED! IT'S GONNA BE HORRIBLE.
I'M GONNA DESIGN A REAL TRANSFORMER --
A SHAPESHIFTING ROBOT TO SAVE OUR PLANET FROM DESTRUCTION.
I'M DR. MICHIO KAKU.
I'M A THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
AND A SCIENCE-FICTION [Echoing] FAN.
JOIN ME AS I SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE SCI-FI [Echoing] SCIENCE.
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IN THE "TRANSFORMERS" MOVIE,
EVIL, SHAPESHIFTING ROBOTS CALLED DECEPTICONS
THREATEN THE HUMAN RACE.
NOW, IMAGINE IF THAT WERE REAL.
WE CERTAINLY CAN'T DEPEND UPON THE GOOD GUYS LIKE OPTIMUS PRIME
TO BAIL US OUT.
IT'S UP TO US.
TO DEFEAT ENEMY TRANSFORMERS HELL-BENT ON OUR DESTRUCTION,
MY ROBOTS MUST HAVE THREE THINGS --
FIRST, THE ULTIMATE TRANSFORMING POWER.
THEY MOST GO ONE STEP BEYOND THE DECEPTICONS,
ABLE TO TURN INTO ANY OBJECT THEY DESIRE.
TWO IS STRENGTH.
THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SLUG IT OUT TOE-TO-TOE WITH ENEMY ROBOTS
AND WIN.
AND THIRD -- STEALTH.
THEY MUST BE ABLE TO SNEAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES UNDETECTED.
ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD,
EVIL ROBOTS ARE ALL AROUND US, HIDDEN AS CARS AND TRUCKS.
BUT WHAT THE MOVIES DON'T TELL US
IS WHAT MECHANICAL POWER ALLOWS A CAMARO TO STAND UP
AND MOVE AROUND LIKE A HUMAN.
MY FIRST TASK IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SORT OF TECHNOLOGY
CAN TURN A 3,000-POUND CAR INTO A RUNNING, JUMPING TRANSFORMER.
LUCKILY, I DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR FOR INSPIRATION.
THESE INCREDIBLE CARS ARE CALLED LOWRIDERS.
THEY HAVE CUSTOMIZED SUSPENSIONS
THAT ALLOW THEM TO HOP UP AND DOWN
AND EVEN RIDE ON THREE WHEELS.
AMAZING.
I'M HOPING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY
COULD BE USED TO POWER THE ARMS AND LEGS OF MY TRANSFORMER.
LOOK AT THAT.
MARTIN, CAN YOU PUT IT BACK DOWN?
YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
LET'S TRY TO FIND OUT HOW THIS THING WORKS.
COOL.
WHAT'S THE MAGIC THAT MAKES A JUMPING CAR COME TO LIFE?
HYDRAULICS.
SO, IT'S PRESSURIZED OIL.
YEP.
WHY HYDRAULICS?
WHY NOT AN ELECTRIC MOTOR?
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE STRONG ENOUGH.
IT WOULD GET DESTROYED. THE GEARS WOULD GET DESTROYED.
AIR SUSPENSION WORKS.
IT'LL MAKE THE CAR GO UP AND DOWN, BUT IT'S NOT AS POWERFUL.
SO POUND FOR POUND, IT'S ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET.
YES.
POWERFUL ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HIT THE SWITCH WRONG,
YOU CAN BREAK THE CAR.
Dr. Kaku: [ Laughing ] WHOA! LOOK AT THAT.
WHOA, WHOA. OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THAT.
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE DO?
EASY, EASY, EASY. BRING IT DOWN. BRING IT DOWN.
AND WHAT ABOUT GETTING ON THREE WHEELS?
I'LL SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW.
GOING ON THREE WHEELS CAN EXPLODE THE HYDRAULICS
IF YOU GET IT WRONG.
AND MARTIN WASN'T GOING TO RISK HIS BABY
WITH A BEGINNER LIKE ME.
FIRST, LIFT THE FRONT UP...
...AND LIFT THE LEFT REAR.
WHOA!
THERE WE GO!
SO, THAT'S IT.
Dr. Kaku: AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
WELL, I THINK HYDRAULICS IS THE WAY TO GO.
IT'S POWERFUL, IT'S EFFICIENT, AND IT'S RELATIVELY COMPACT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE I THINK THE CYLINDERS ARE SIMPLY
TOO WEAK, TOO SMALL, TO ENERGIZE A POWERFUL TRANSFORMER.
FOR THAT, I NEED SOMETHING ELSE.
[ METAL CLATTERING ]
HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS ARE POWER-MULTIPLIERS.
THE GREATER THE DIAMETER, THE GREATER THE POWER,
SO WHAT I NEED ARE REALLY BIG CYLINDERS.
IN THE MOVIES, TRANSFORMERS CAN RUN AND JUMP,
SMASH THROUGH BUILDINGS,
AND HURL TANKS HUNDREDS OF YARDS INTO THE AIR.
WELL, THAT REQUIRES A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF HYDRAULIC POWER.
AND HERE IN LONG ISLAND,
THIS YARD MAY HAVE JUST WHAT I NEED.
THESE CAR-SMASHING MONSTER CRANES
ARE THE ULTIMATE IN CONTROLLED VIOLENCE.
LIKE THE LOWRIDERS, THEY RUN ON COMPRESSED OIL.
BUT HERE, THE OVERSIZED CYLINDERS
PRODUCE 10 TIMES THE POWER,
ALLOWING THEM TO LIFT THEIR OWN BODY WEIGHT WITH EASE.
THEY'RE IDEAL FOR GETTING MY TRANSFORMER UP AND AT 'EM.
FROM A DISTANCE, THIS GIGANTIC HYDRAULIC CRANE
DOES RESEMBLE THE ARM OF A TRANSFORMER.
THAT BASE HERE CAN ROTATE JUST LIKE MY SHOULDER...
...THAT JOINT OVER THERE CAN BEND JUST LIKE MY ELBOW...
...AND THE GRABBERS OVER THERE
CAN DUPLICATE THE MOTIONS OF MY WRISTS AND MY FINGERS.
THIS HAS ALL THE POWER OF A TRANSFORMER ARM.
NOW PUT FOUR OF THEM TOGETHER,
TWO OF THEM CREATING THE ARMS OF THE TRANSFORMER,
TWO MORE, REINFORCED, CREATING THE LEGS,
AND I NOW HAVE A ROBOT AS POWERFUL AS ANY TRANSFORMER.
THE WIDER THE CYLINDERS, THE STRONGER MY ROBOT WILL BE.
UPGRADING THE OIL COMPRESSORS WILL MAKE IT FASTER,
BUT I'LL NEED A BIGGER COOLING SYSTEM
TO STOP ALL THIS FROM OVERHEATING.
IT WOULD BE AN AWESOME BATTLE-BOT.
BUT REMEMBER, I ALSO NEED TO MAKE IT TRANSFORM.
THE SHEER BULK OF MY DESIGN MAKES THAT A PROBLEM.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FOUR MECHANICAL ARMS AND LEGS,
WITH PRESSURIZED OIL, VALVES, PIPES, PUMPS, AND RADIATORS
COULD ALL FIT INTO SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A TRUCK.
IF I'M GONNA BUILD A TRANSFORMER,
I HAVE TO GO BEYOND ORDINARY MECHANICS.
COMING UP, I GET INSPIRATION
FROM NATURE'S GREATEST DECEPTICON.
Biggs: THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF CAMOUFLAGE
IN THE ANIMAL WORLD, FOR SURE.
AND I COME FACE TO FACE
WITH A TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY.
I'VE COME UP WITH AN OBSTACLE AS BIG AS OPTIMUS PRIME HIMSELF.
IF I USE CONVENTIONAL MECHANICS,
THEN HYDRAULIC HARDWARE NECESSARY TO MAKE MY ROBOTS MOVE
WOULD BE SIMPLY TOO BIG, TOO BULKY,
TO TRANSFORM INTO ANYTHING ELSE.
IF I'M GONNA MAKE THIS IDEA WORK,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BEYOND OIL AND CYLINDERS.
I WANT FRESH IDEAS,
AND THAT'S WHY I'VE COME HERE TO THE ZOO --
TO MEET A REAL-LIFE DECEPTICON.
YOU KNOW, HOLLYWOOD HAS US BRAINWASHED
THAT ALL TRANSFORMERS HAVE TO BE MADE OUT OF METAL.
BUT MOTHER NATURE, OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS,
HAS EVOLVED THE GREATEST TRANSFORMER OF ALL.
THINK OF IT.
I CAN LEARN AN AWFUL LOT FROM "OCTOPUS" PRIME.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPECIES OF OCTOPUS
LIVES RIGHT HERE AT THE PITTSBURGH ZOO.
I'VE GOT A BACKSTAGE PASS
TO MEET THE AQUATIC-LIFE CURATOR, DWAYNE BIGGS.
Biggs: THIS IS OUR GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS.
IT'S COMING UP.
YES. HERE SHE COMES.
THERE SHE COMES.
THERE'S ONE OF HER ARMS, ONE OF HER EIGHT ARMS.
OH, YES.
HER SUCTION CUPS THERE.
SO, WHY IS THIS NATURE'S GREATEST TRANSFORMER?
THERE'S NO BONES,
SO IT'S PRIMARILY WATER AND MUSCLE TISSUE.
SO AN OCTOPUS' SIZE, AT AROUND 40 OR 50 POUNDS,
CAN SQUEEZE THROUGH A HOLE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER.
A QUARTER?
A QUARTER.
NOW, THAT'S REMARKABLE, RIGHT?
THAT BIG GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT SMALL?
THAT'S AMAZING.
I WOULDN'T MIND THAT POWER.
[ LAUGHS ]
I CAN'T IMAGINE OPTIMUS PRIME BEING ABLE TO DO THIS,
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
OCTOPUSES CAN ALSO CHANGE THEIR BODY SHAPE TO CONFUSE ENEMIES.
HERE'S ONE PRETENDING TO BE A FLOUNDER,
AND MASTERY OVER BOTH THE COLOR AND TEXTURE OF THE SKIN
ALLOWS THEM TO BLEND WITH ANY BACKGROUND IN SECONDS.
AND THESE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLY STRONG, TOO, RIGHT?
VERY STRONG.
SHE'S GOT CONTROL OVER ALL OF THOSE SUCTION CUPS
AND EVERY PART OF THAT ARM THERE.
LOOK, AND SHE'S PULLING MY ARM DOWN.
LOOK AT THIS.
YEAH. I CAN SEE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN CONNECT UP ON THE SIDES OF A LARGE LOBSTER
WITH ALL THOSE SUCTION CUPS
AND USE THAT MUSCLE AND JUST RIP THAT LOBSTER IN HALF.
A TRANSFORMER THAT COULD SQUEEZE
THROUGH THE SMALLEST OF GAPS WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
BUT IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO DESIGN A ROBOT
WITHOUT ANY SOLID PARTS AT ALL?
THE U.S. MILITARY HAS BEATEN ME TO IT.
THESE BASEBALL-SIZE BLOBS ARE CALLED CHEMBOTS.
THEY'RE THE WORLD'S FIRST SOFT-BODIED ROBOTS.
EACH SECTION OF THEIR SKIN CAN BE MADE HARD OR SOFT
USING AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE.
WHEN A BALLOON HIDDEN INSIDE THE ROBOT IS INFLATED,
THE SOFT SECTIONS BULGE, ALLOWING IT TO ROLL AROUND.
BY DESIGNING MY TRANSFORMER LIKE A CHEMBOT,
IT WILL BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE THROUGH THE SMALLEST OF GAPS,
JUST LIKE AN OCTOPUS.
I'LL ALSO ADD A COATING OF ORGANIC L.E.D. SCREENS.
THEY'RE FLEXIBLE, TOUGH,
AND PERFECT FOR INSTANT COLOR CHANGE.
MY DESIGN WILL MAKE AN AWESOME SHAPESHIFTER,
BUT I'M A BIT WORRIED
THAT THE SCI-FI FANS WILL THINK IT'S TOO FRAGILE
TO PROTECT US FROM A FULL-SCALE INVASION.
YOU'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE TRANSFORMER, HERE.
IT'S THE WHOLE BUNCH OF BAD GUYS THAT ARE COMING AT YOU, AS WELL,
THAT ARE TOUGHER THAN ANYTHING
YOU'VE EVER DEALT WITH OR COULD CONCEIVE OF.
WE'RE DEAD. [ LAUGHS ] IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
CHEMBOTS ARE STEALTHY, BUT HEY, LET'S FACE IT --
ON THE BATTLEFIELD, FACE TO FACE WITH MEGATRON,
THEY WOULD BE A DISASTER.
SO I'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
BUT THIS TIME,
I HAVE A REVOLUTIONARY, NEW IDEA IN MY SIGHTS.
THIS THING CAN DO ANYTHING A SNAKE CAN DO AND MORE.
I'VE GOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
MAKING A TRANSFORMER WITH HYDRAULICS
WOULD VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S TOO BULKY.
NOW, A CHEMBOT WOULD TRANSFORM BRILLIANTLY,
BUT IT'S SIMPLY NOT TOUGH ENOUGH TO SURVIVE A BATTLE.
WHAT I NEED IS A BATTLE-BOT
THAT'S SUPER-STRONG AND STEALTHY.
I HAVE TO GET DOWN TO SOME SERIOUS RESEARCH,
AND WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE FICTION,
THIS PLACE IS THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
IT DOESN'T TAKE ME LONG TO FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
IN THE SECOND "TRANSFORMERS" MOVIE,
THE DECEPTICONS HAVE TO BREAK INTO A LOCKED ROOM.
THEY TAKE A JAR OF BALL BEARINGS
AND POUR THEM DOWN A VENTILATION SHAFT.
NOW, THESE BALL BEARINGS ARE ACTUALLY MINI-ROBOTS.
THEY REFORM, MERGE, TO CREATE A FULL-SCALE TRANSFORMER
INSIDE THAT LOCKED ROOM.
THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THIS OUTLANDISH CONCEPT
IS "MODULARITY."
AND AMAZINGLY, SOME RESEARCHERS
HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS TO MAKING IT REAL.
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ROBOTIC CENTERS
IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE,
AT THE CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH.
I'VE COME HERE TO SEE THE MODULAR ROBOTS,
WHICH ARE ROUGH, TOUGH,
AND UNLIKE ANY ROBOT YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN THE MOVIES.
THIS IS THE WORLD'S FIRST SEARCH-AND-RESCUE ROBOT SNAKE.
IT CAN CLIMB OVER ANY TERRAIN...
SCALE PIPES...
...TRAVERSE BARS...
...AND EVEN BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ROBOT HAS GONE BEFORE,
AND ALL WITH THIS ONE EYE ON THE WORLD.
LOOK AT THAT THING CLIMB.
I'VE NEVER HAD A ROBOT CLIMB UP MY LEG BEFORE.
HI, THERE. HOW YOU DOING?
IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF PROFESSOR HOWIE CHOSET.
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE A ROBOT
HAVE NO MOBILITY LIMITATIONS WHATSOEVER,
SO WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS DEVICE
IS IT CAN CRAWL ON THE GROUND, SWIM IN A LAKE,
PASS THROUGH A FENCE, CLIMB POLES.
ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO GO
THROUGH COMPLETELY UNSTRUCTURED SPACES, LIKE RUBBLE PILES,
WHERE WE CAN GO LOOK FOR TRAPPED VICTIMS.
ALTHOUGH IT MOVES LIKE A SNAKE,
HOWIE'S ROBOT ACTUALLY HAS MORE IN COMMON
WITH A VERY DIFFERENT ANIMAL -- THE ANT.
EACH MODULE HAS ITS OWN COMPUTER BRAIN,
IT HAS ITS OWN SENSORS, AND IT HAS ITS OWN MOTORS.
SO IN A SENSE, YOU CAN THINK OF THIS
AS A SERIES OF 16 MODULAR ROBOTS
THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO FORM THIS SNAKE.
IN EFFECT, IT'S A COLONY OF ROBOTS
WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL.
AND JUST LIKE ANTS,
THE WORKERS IN THIS COLONY ARE COMPLETELY EXPENDABLE.
WHAT'S NICE IS, IF ONE OF THESE MODULES SHOULD BREAK,
WE CAN ACTUALLY REMOVE THE MODULE,
AND IT WILL KEEP ON GOING.
IN A SENSE, THIS ROBOT'S UNBREAKABLE.
NOW, IN THE FUTURE, THESE COMPONENTS COULD REFORM.
THAT IS, THEY COULD DISENGAGE EACH OTHER
AND THEN REFORM IN A DIFFERENT PATTERN, RIGHT?
LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO PASS THROUGH LOTS OF LITTLE OPENINGS.
THE ROBOT WILL COME APART INTO LITTLE MODULES,
CRAWL THROUGH THOSE LITTLE OPENINGS,
RECONNECT, AND THEN MAYBE GO OVER A LARGE OBSTACLE.
IN THE FUTURE, HOWIE'S COLONY WILL HAVE THE POWER
TO BREAK APART AND CHANGE FORM BY ITSELF.
AND THE SMALLER THE INDIVIDUAL ROBOTS BECOME,
THE GREATER THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE SHAPES THEY CAN TAKE.
WE ARE HEADED TOWARD AN AMAZING, RADICAL, NEW TECHNOLOGY
CALLED PROGRAMMABLE MATTER.
IMAGINE MILLIONS OF THESE TINY, LITTLE MODULES
REDUCED TO MICROSCOPIC SIZE, EACH ONE CONTAINING A MICROCHIP.
THEY COULD SPLIT APART AND THEN REARRANGE
TO CREATE ANY SHAPE WHATSOEVER.
IF SOME OF THE MODULES GET DAMAGED, NO PROBLEM.
THE REMAINING MODULES SIMPLY REFORM
TO CREATE AN ENTIRELY NEW OBJECT.
IN STEALTH MODE,
MY TRANSFORMER WILL HAVE UNLIMITED SHAPESHIFTING POWERS.
USING COLOR CHANGE L.E.D.s,
IT CAN BLEND INTO ANY ENVIRONMENT,
FROM A BATTLEFIELD TO AN OFFICE.
FINALLY, IN ATTACK MODE, I'LL BE ABLE TO SWITCH
BETWEEN ONE GIANT ROBOT AND STRENGTH IN NUMBERS,
DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
SHRUNK TO MICRO SIZE,
THE MECHANISMS THAT HOLD THE MODULES TOGETHER
WOULD BE TOO WEAK.
I NEED TO FIND A NEW WAY TO BOND MY COLONY,
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.
SOME SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
THAT THE SOLUTION COULD BE THE ELECTROSTATIC FORCE.
THAT'S THE SAME FORCE
THAT MAKES A BALLOON CLING TO A WALL WHEN YOU RUB IT.
NOW, THE ELECTROSTATIC FORCE IS TINY
COMPARED TO THE ATOMIC FORCES
THAT HOLD ATOMS AND MOLECULES TOGETHER.
SO IF MEGATRON TOOK A SWIPE
AT A MODULAR ROBOT HELD TOGETHER BY ELECTROSTATIC FORCES,
IT WOULD SHATTER INTO A THOUSAND PIECES.
I'M DESIGNING A TRANSFORMING ROBOT
THAT CAN GO HEAD TO HEAD
WITH THE MIGHTIEST TRANSFORMER OF ALL -- MEGATRON.
ALL MY RESEARCH LEADS TO A FANTASTIC, NEW TECHNOLOGY
CALLED PROGRAMMABLE MATTER.
IT'S BASED ON TINY, MODULAR ROBOTS
THAT CAN SPLIT APART AND THEN REARRANGE THEMSELVES
INTO ANY SHAPE WHATSOEVER.
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
THE MODULES THAT MAKE UP MY ROBOT
NEED TO BE HELD TOGETHER
STRONGLY ENOUGH TO FACE GRUELING COMBAT.
AND I DON'T THINK MECHANICAL LATCHES OR ELECTROSTATIC FORCES
ARE TOUGH ENOUGH.
BUT I DO HAVE AN IDEA FOR HOW IT COULD BE DONE.
VELCRO.
NANO-VELCRO ON A MOLECULAR SCALE.
IMAGINE IN THE COMING DECADES,
MILLIONS OF TINY, LITTLE MOLECULAR HOOKS
WITH ATOMIC FORCES WITH REVERSIBLE BONDS
THAT ARE MANY TIMES STRONGER THAN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE,
THOUSANDS OF TIMES SMALLER THAN A HUMAN HAIR.
WITH NANO-VELCRO,
I CAN ASSEMBLE MY TRANSFORMER INTO ANY IMAGINABLE SHAPE.
AT ONE MOMENT, IT COULD BE LIQUID,
ABLE TO RUN THROUGH CRACKS AND UNDER DOORS,
THEN THE NEXT MOMENT, COMPLETELY SOLID,
HELD TOGETHER BY MOLECULAR BONDS AS STRONG AS STEEL.
NANOTECHNOLOGY IS THE FINAL MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
MY BATTLE-BOTS NOW HAVE
UNLIMITED TRANSFORMING CAPABILITIES.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY STEALTHY,
AND THEY'RE TOUGH ENOUGH TO FACE DOWN THE MIGHT OF MEGATRON.
WITH MY DESIGN COMPLETE,
IT'S TIME TO REVEAL IT TO MY TOUGHEST CRITICS.
BUT HOW WILL IT STAND UP
TO THEIR BELOVED TRANSFORMING TRUCKS?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUE SHAPESHIFTING CAPABILITIES
COMPATIBLE WITH THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
NOW, HEY, SOME FANS MAY NOT LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE USED TO SEEING TRANSFORMERS
TURN INTO CARS AND TRUCKS,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT A TRUE SHAPESHIFTING ROBOT
IS WORTHY OF THE NAME "TRANSFORMER."
BUT WE'LL LET THE FANS DECIDE.
THANKS FOR THE RIDE, MAN.
NO PROBLEM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
HEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD A TRANSFORMER.
HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT SCIENCE WILL ONE DAY
BE ABLE TO TURN A ROBOT INTO A CORVETTE?
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
HEY! WELL, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT.
IN FACT, I'M GONNA GO ONE STEP BETTER.
THE KEY TO DO THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED MODULAR ROBOTS.
AND WITH MODULAR ROBOTS,
WE CAN GO WAY BEYOND TRANSFORMING TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU TRUE SHAPESHIFTING CAPABILITY.
THE BUILDING BLOCKS THAT MAKE UP MY TRANSFORMER
ARE MICROSCOPIC ROBOTS.
EACH MODULE HAS ITS OWN ROBOTIC BRAIN.
AND WORKING TOGETHER, THEY CAN FORM ANY CONCEIVABLE SHAPE.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE POWER OF A GOD,
TO RE-CREATE MATTER IN ANY IMAGE WE DESIRE.
L.E.D. TECHNOLOGY EMBEDDED IN EACH MODULE
ALLOWS THEM TO BLEND PERFECTLY INTO ANY SITUATION.
HERE IS, NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...
OPTIMUS PRIME.
AND WHO IS HE UP AGAINST?
MEGATRON. BOO!
NANO-VELCRO GIVES MY BATTLE-BOT
THE RESILIENCE TO SLUG IT OUT WITH THE ENEMY.
BUT WHY USE BRAWN WHEN I'VE GOT ULTIMATE TRANSFORMING POWERS?
TINY JETS WILL BUD OFF FROM THE COLONY
TO OVERWHELM MEGATRON'S DEFENSES.
THEY'LL THEN TRANSFORM ONCE MORE
INTO A MIST OF DEADLY MINI-BOTS.
THESE MINI-BOTS HAVE THE ABILITY
TO SHORT-CIRCUIT TRANSISTORS, EAT INTO COMPONENTS,
GUM UP THEIR MACHINERY,
UNTIL MEGATRON BECOMES A USELESS PILE OF JUNK.
[ CROWD GASPS ]
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT --
MODULAR ROBOTS GIVING US THE ABILITY TO DEFEAT MEGATRON.
YOU LIKE THAT?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE POSSIBILITY OF USING SMALL ROBOTS
TO INFILTRATE OTHER MECHANISMS AND SABOTAGE THEM FROM WITHIN
WAS FANTASTIC.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF NOT BEING LIMITED TO ONE FORM
BUT MULTIPLE SHAPES, JUST BY DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS,
THAT WAS VERY, VERY EXCITING.
WITH THIS, INSTEAD OF
HAVING TO FILL UP A WHOLE ROOM WITH APPLIANCES,
I ONLY NEED ONE!
IT'S BEYOND
WHAT THE TRANSFORMERS' TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY IS,
SO HE BEAT THE TRANSFORMERS.