Some of the strangest alternate modes seen throughout the Transformers franchise were largely restricted to the obscure anime in the franchise.

Designed after the Season 9 Pressure Plant robot in the video game, and the subsequent skin, this 2,503-piece model is 45cm (17.5in), meaning he stands taller than Lego Optimus Prime (currently on ...

Transformers One is the origin story of the franchise’s leading hero and villain: Optimus Prime and Megatron. At this point in their history, Optimus is known as Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth ...

Tesla’s production of Optimus, a robot that promises to take over household chores, has been disrupted by China’s curbs on rare earth exports, introduced by Beijing earlier this month in an ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says China's new trade restrictions on rare earth magnets have affected the production of the company's Optimus humanoid robots, which rely on the exports. Speaking on a ...

Rare earth metals form the powerful magnets crucial to producing fighter jets, smartphones, and the motors that power the arms of Tesla’s humanoid robot, called Optimus. CEO Elon Musk is ...

Elon Musk said that "China wants some assurances" that rare-earth magnets supplied to Tesla for its Optimus humanoid robot wouldn't be used for "military purposes."CFOTO/Future Publishing via ...

That's probably around the middle of next year, second half of next year." "And with regards to Optimus, making good progress in Optimus. We expect to have thousands of Optimus robots working in ...