Perceptor is a Cybertronian scientist and a member of the Autobot Council. His nerdy friends include Wheeljack and Red Alert. Much of the technology used by the other Autobots was due to his discoveries. Perceptor is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family. There's a … His high-caliber analytical skills help keep Autobots one step ahead of the exiled Decepticons in their technology.
He has two alternate modes: one is a pick-up truck and the other is a mobile laboratory complete with a huge microscope! Perceptor is a dedicated astronomer and physicist, one of the most brilliant scientists ever produced by Cybertron, and he is not interested at all in the mystical or supernatural.
Alongside Wheeljack, Perceptor was one of the Autobots' leading scientists on Earth in the mid-Eighties. That is not right. French name (Canada): Percepto Italian name: Supervista ("Supersight"); Super-Visor Hungarian name: Észlelő RTM dub name: Dr.Baster Russian name (6th channel): Микроскоп ("Microscope")
To make matters worse, he sounds like Stephen Hawking. Now aren't you glad they kept his name under trademark? Perceptor continued to serve as a top scientist for Rodimus Prime during the mid-Noughties. Perceptor is head of the Autobot Ministry of Science, and thus one of the finest minds on Cybertron.