Determining what kind of event is going to lead to the climax of the story will be fairly difficult, but I feel I need to determine what the climax is in order to lay a story around it. In the story the old robot's primary trait, his gift and his curse, is his strength and physical size. This means that by the end of the film he will have found a way to channel his abilities and characteristics in a manner that gives him a purpose within his workplace and earns the respect and/or admiration of his co-workers.
A very dramatic way to go about conveying this would be for a disaster of some sort to happen. Perhaps a large machine falls on one of the new robots, or the roof of the factory collapses and traps workers inside. In both these scenarios the smaller, less powerful robots would be near helpless and would require the help of the old robot to save them.
Another way to go about it would be for the old robot to discover a new function that makes use of his size and strength. I'm not entirely sure what that could be, and I think that this would be less dramatic, require more explanation and perhaps not translate as well into animation, especially an animation without dialogue. It is still a scenario worth considering, though.
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