General Grievous Tribute, Humanoids, AI Robotics, and DARPA

Probably one of my lasting enduring favorite 'cyborg' characters in Star Wars would happen to be:

General Grievous. 

 
Don't get me wrong, Darth Vader surely fits the bill too, but I have come to see General Grievous to be of far more curiosity. While Darth Vader is certainly an interesting character in himself (more like ITself)- an example of the dream of man becoming a machine, General Grievous appears to go a step further in transcending the limitations of our humanoid stature and performance, and that is one of the prime focal areas to which I am motivated to point out. With greater level of dexterity, flexibility, and speed, with 4 arms and hands, really cool legs and feet, a bad-ass armor-like head, to me he seems to be the very icon or model and vision of the future of AI robotics.

I must say though I didn't appreciate the way he was depicted like a wimp in the main Star Wars film (Episode III: Revenge of the Sith), in my view it didn't do justice to his true capabilities. Only in the 'Clone Wars' animated series and the video game CGI can we better appreciate the character I feel.

I couldn't care more about the light saber fights / wars / battles / the violent, sinister manifestations associated with this character, but I am definitely intrigued as to what can be made possible in the end. Can we go as far as to create something very similar in performance as this seemingly malevolent persona out of some sci-fi movie?

Most probably. I have seen the developments made by DARPA, and it leaves me with little doubt that somewhere down the line we will begin to see General Grievous-like robots, probably entering the military. I certainly hope they won't be used as malicious killing machines, that's something I'm totally against. However, I myself wouldn't mind having a physical body similar to Gen. Grievous. That's something I would to delve more deeply into though in another topic.

Anyway, here's some videos of the latest developments made by DARPA:

And finally, I pay my tribute to General Grievous in this short fan vid. Actually there was a better version with 'We're All to Blame' by Sum 41 playing in the background but for some reason I can no longer find it. That was my favorite one but alas, the one below will have to do.