i try to answer your a couple of questions
1. you need to adjust to your Pivot point for your joints that you want to rotate or move. Go to right menu>Hierarchy Tab>Ajust Pivot >Ajust Pivot Only.
then, you can move your Pivot point(joints) that you want.
2. it is better to assign a color material to your model in material editor(Press "M"). i guess you just use the default color selection.
in the Material Editor, you can choose you color easily.
3. for this situation, you need to key animation. it is a easy animation. you can Search "Animation" in the Max User References.
Go to Help>User Reference
4-7. those glow effect can be done by Environment and Effect (Press"8"). Search "Glow" in Max Tutorial.
Go to Help > Tutorial.
8. it is correct in this situation. you can adjust the position of your feet that touch on the floor. i guess you have not use Skin Modifier and Bones for your robot. Try to search "Biped" in tutorail that is useful for character animation.
9. it is similar with your color changing in your question 2. you can play around with the Shader setting in material editor. Search"RayTrace Materials" in max tutorial. you can get a help there.
pls let me know you got problems.
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