Real-life Transformers car changes from sporty BMW into a robot - and then starts chatting away

Boffins have built a genuine robot in disguise and it's every bit as brilliant as you imaged it would be - although you can't drive it just yet.

A real-life Transformer car has been invented by engineers and it's a chatterbox just like playful Bumblebee.

The video shows the full conversion of a sporty red BMW into a lifesize robot , as its side panels come out and the chassis lifts up on legs.
Standing tall, the car's 'head' emerges, as it whirs like Autobot Optimus Prime and towers like Megatron the fearsome Decepticon.
The amazing Letrons BMW is a working prototype and at this stage remote controlled - in essence a giant toy.

The Turkish company explains the innovation, Antimon, on its website , revealing that the unit is designed for a full robot transformation.

Letrons used a sporty BMW to create their Transformer (Image: Letrons)

Letrons Transformer cars are realising many 1980s childhood dreams (Image: Letrons)

The Transformer is fully extended with arms, legs and a moveable neck (Image: Letrons)

Built by 12 engineers, the four models available - Bizmut, Argon, Wolfram, and Tanta were built in Ankara. Its head turns 120 degrees thanks to a motor, and a hydraulic control system offers the technology need to lift the car up on its 'legs'.

As well as having sound system, an HD LCD, and WiFi technology, the cars have moving 'arms' and lights, as well as reactive cameras to perform speech and movement capabilities.

The invention took a team of 12 engineers and include hydraulics for the transformation (Image: Letrons)

Letrons says that they would consider selling the robots to buyers they vet (Image: Letrons)

So far it cannot walk, but the inventors say they would be willing to work on that function.

Letrons adds that the vehicles "can be for sale if the buyer's project and their reasons for use meet the criteria of the Letrons team", although note that it's " not drivable in traffic yet