Rex Garrod is an inventor and roboteer, notable for the building radio controlled car which starred in Brum and copresenting The Secret Life of Machines. He also entered several successful robots into the early series of British TV series Robot Wars.
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Brum was a British television series which ran intermittently between 1991 and 2002. It told the story of a small car called Brum, which in reality was a radio controlled car. Garrod is credited with both designing and building Brum.
Garrod was Team Leader of Team Cassius, a team of roboteers which entered several robots into Series 1,2 and 3 of Robot Wars.
In Series 1, Team Cassius entered "Recyclopse", which reached the Grand Final but lost to Roadblock.
In Series 2, Team Cassius entered "Cassius", a wedge-shaped robot armed with a front-pivoted flipper. Cassius was the first competitor in the show's history to "self right" (i.e. to turn itself over when it was upside down), and as such Garrod is often credited with inventing the so-called "srimech".[1] Cassius also reached the Grand Final, but lost to Panic Attack.
In Series 3, Team Cassius entered "Cassius 2", a similar robot to its predecessor "Cassius", which lost in the 2nd round.
Rex Garrod copresented The Secret Life of Machines with Tim Hunkin.