Rex Garrod

Rex Garrod (10 September 1943 – 8 April 2019) was a British inventor and roboteer, and speedway rider. Garrod was notable for building the radio controlled car that starred in Brum, and co-presenting The Secret Life of Machines. Garrod entered several successful robots into the early series of British TV series Robot Wars. He was a rider for the Ipswich Witches (1971) and Scunthorpe Saints (1972–74) speedway teams. He and former motocross racer Dave Bickers then moved into special effects. He had Alzheimer's disease for the last eight years of his life, and died on 8 April 2019, aged 75.

In Series 3, Team Cassius entered 2nd seeded "Cassius 2", a similar robot to its predecessor "Cassius", which lost to Series 4 runner-up Pussycat in the 2nd round of the heats.