Education:

Though he had a desire to be a screen writer earlier in his career, he finally stays on engineering and proved himself as a legend in his field. He finished his graduation from the University of Southern California with a B.S. degree and major in electrical engineering. He finds his love in electronics after working with Tomlinson Holman and contributed immensely in international cinema and electronics.

Career:

Right after his graduation, world’s leading special effects and animation company Industrial Light and magic (ILM) which is owned by George Lucas. He worked in the visual effects division for nine long years and created a legacy of working in landmark movies like Star Wars prequels, The Lost World, Terminator 3, The Matrix sequels and Van Helsing. He is one of three lucky people on earth who are the official operators of R2D2. This is an envious fact for the fans.

Discovery channel’s celebrated program MythBusters invited him as the third member of the build team. He used to develop advanced robots and provide other critical technological supports which are required the show.

This nifty prodigy has designed his own robot ‘Deadblow’ for another competition based American television show BattleBots. This show was famed for arena based competitive robot fighting and elimination. He also designed the circuit for rhythmic oscillation energizer bunny which was the marketing icon and mascot for energizer batteries.

Apart from conquering the electronics and robotics world, he appeared in YouTube channels like Geek and Sundry, Eureka and web series ‘Star Trek Continues’. He acted in the film ‘Star Trek Renegades’.

Personal:

With a height of 1.69 meter, he is a good looking guy and he is in a relationship with his partner Jennifer Newman. They haven’t married yet but hope to start a family in future. He has a net worth of 1.5 million dollars. He is vastly popular and active in social media like twitter and instagram where he regularly communicates with his 641 thousand fans and followers. Grant twitted more than eleven thousand times. As for religious belief, he stated that he is an atheist. He has a sharp sense of humor. He is currently 45 years old.

Publications:

As he has an intent knack for writing, he wrote a book called ‘Kicking Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots’. This book is an ultimate one in the field of robot construction. He is the cast member and writer of short film ‘Architects of Evil’.