Three young men from Central China's Henan province started building robots modeled after characters from the Hollywood blockbuster Transformers. Originally for fun, they found their creations valuable – their first creation, a 3-meter-high robot made of recycled auto parts, sold for 10,000 yuan ($1,635).
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Despite lacking funds and support from their families, the "Transformers" fanatics have sold more than 100 robots and made more than 600,000 yuan (around $98,000).
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The young entrepreneurs are still looking into the future.
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"We plan to apply more high technology to robots and create robots that can move," said Shen Liukai, one of the builders.