[2dollars27cents]

Check out https://diyrobocars.com and http://donkeycar.com for similar projects. There are great communities around both, especially if you want to build your own.

[hedgehog]

I helped assemble a Donkey car at the ARM event in Seattle last week, it’s really quite elegant in the efficiency of its approach. A couple hours from unboxing to self-driving if the top parts are already printed.

https://twitter.com/choongng/status/997339031586271233?s=21

[Cerium]

In California, UC Davis holds a competition for track following robotic cars called NATCAR: https://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/natcar/

[cconcepts]

I feel like a whole new world has just opened up before me. I have a rasp pi, what is the route with least technical barriers for me to get into this and start tinkering?

[kajecounterhack]

For DonkeyCar: follow the guide, join the slack group, ask questions!

You'll need to purchase a number of things more than the raspberry pi itself (camera, battery, car, servo controller board, wires, 3D print or purchase or build a mount for it all).