This man loved Optimus Prime so much that he built one from scratch.
Sun Shiqian is a robot artist in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. He designs and builds giant robots, including a life-size model of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and China’s first giant robot suit. We visited his factory to see how he makes them.
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Producer and Videographer: Frentee Ji Narration: Dai Qian Editors: Frentee Ji and Hanley Chu Mastering: Victor Peña
