As the top enforcer of General Cybertron, in Gao Gong's eyes, the Mechanical Man wasn't much different from the Transformers of his past life—except they couldn't transform into cars.
In the universe, this type of Mechanical Man had another name, Energy Mechanical Body, a special soldier species in some old Mechanical Civilizations, harnessing various advanced energies to exert the powers of civilization's punishment.
Considering that the signature product of Ancient Mechanical Civilizations is the Perpetual Motion Machine, it's not particularly surprising that they produce this kind of soldier species.
Indeed, on this planet, these 'Mechanical Men' were among the lowest levels, most likely not even equipped with Star-Destroying Cannons, and Gao Gong once relied on a Super Transformation to repel a batch.
