Meet Archax, the 15-foot 'Transformers'-style robot that's the brainchild of a Japanese startup and is selling for $3 million

• Tsubame Industries has built 3.5-ton, 15-foot robots that can morph into vehicles.
• The Japanese startup plans to sell them for $3 million each after unveiling them later this month.
• The robot is manned by a pilot who sits in the cockpit in its torso and controls it with joysticks.

Life imitates art — or at least it seems to in the field of robotics.

A Japanese startup developed a 15-foot-tall robot that can morph into "vehicle mode" like the hit movie series "Transformers," which premiered 16 years ago. 

The robot, called Archax, can be operated by a pilot who sits inside, much like the Amplified Mobility Platform exoskeleton suit in "Avatar."