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Today\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a06.30pm (BST)<\/strong>, Pi Borg will hold the\u00a0final<\/strong> of their brilliant robotic racing competition Formula Pi<\/a>. Broadcast live on YouTube, the final features two classes: MonsterBorg and GrandPi and competition is sure to be fierce. Do robots hug the inside line and risk crashing into one another, or do they go for the outside line which theoretically takes longer but is ‘cleaner’? Find out today at 6.30pm by visiting the YouTube live stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Today\u00a0at\u00a06.30pm (BST), Pi Borg will hold the\u00a0final of their brilliant robotic racing competition Formula Pi. Broadcast live on YouTube, the final features two classes: MonsterBorg and GrandPi and competition is sure to be fierce. Do robots hug the inside line…<\/p>\n

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