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There might be simpler first projects than self driving cars :-)

I'd recommend starting by reading the journal papers written by the DARPA Urban Challenge competitors. A good one to start with is the BOSS paper

Then just work backwards from there. A small matter of learning state of the art planning, controls, and perception.

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