AUTOBOT

Autobot

Autonomous Robotic Organisms, or Autobots for short, are a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron and are usually the main protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, a collection of various toys, cartoons, movies, graphic novels and paperback books first introduced them in 1984. The "Heroic Autobots" are opposed by the Evil Decepticons — the main antagonists in Transformers. Both Autobots and Decepticons are humanoid robots that can transform into machines, vehicles and other familiar mechanical objects. Autobot typically transform into regular cars, trucks, or other road vehicles but some few are aircraft, ...

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