Team Cassius

Rex Garrod was a former Children's Television Presenter who competed in the first three series of the UK version of Robot Wars. He was well known for his cheery and sporting demeanour- Garrod always helped other roboteers to modify and repair their robots when problems arose.

Garrod's first entry was a dome-shaped robot called Recyclopse. This robot was armed with a flipper, mounted on a "tongue", which protruded from the robot. The robot was made mostly of recycled scrap material found at a scrapyard, hence the name. Recyclopse reached the Grand Final of Series 1. Garrod's second entry, Cassius, was seeded 5th for the Second Wars and was a traditional wedge-shaped robot with a forward-hinged flipping ram, similar to that of Gravedigger. This robot also reached the Grand Final, but lost to Panic Attack in the final. Garrod's final entry, Cassius 2, was an improved version of his previous entry, eith an improved flipping ram similar to that of later incarnations of the robot Firestorm, and also a concealed spike at the rear of the robot to propel it out of the pit should it fall in, as it did against Panic Attack in the Second Wars. Cassius 2 competed in the Third Wars, but fared significantly worse, losing in the second round to Pussycat.

Award Nominations and Honours
Garrod's robot Cassius was nominated for both Best Design and Best Engineered Awards in Series 2, but lost both. Cassius was also the first robot to successfully self-right, meaning Garrod was credited with the invention of the srimech despite the fact George Francis' robot Chaos had previously attempted, but failed, to self-right earlier in the series. Recyclopse also set the record for the fastest battle in the UK Series of Robot Wars, at 15 seconds. However, this was beaten later on in the First Wars by fellow Grand Finalist Cunning Plan. Had Cassius 2's spike worked, it would have been the first robot to escape the Pit of Oblivion.