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Bobby Hellard

New 'Transformer' humanoid robot can launch a shapeshifting drone off its back — watch it in action

Caltech engineers have developed a multimodal robot system — a humanoid robot with a transforming drone that launches off its back.

Sitting on the back of the humanoid robot, a Unitree G1 machine, the drone, called M4, can transform — switching between driving and flight modes. We’re not talking Optimus Prime or Megatron here; instead, the drone-expelling bot is more like Soundwave, a Decepticon that housed different, mini transformers, like drones, in its chest.

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