Well, at least Ultimate barely focused on the school and it was mostly a (badly executed) team show while the 2017 one made everything about SCIENCE...
It just feels weird that they keep pairing him with superpowered characters or characters he has no relationship with instead of his legit supporting...
Cliff Steele's body was destroyed in a race car accident. The Chief aka Niles Caulder placed Cliff's brain into a robot body and he became the mechanical marvel Robotman!