Sebastian Thrun is a great source but I'm getting the feeling that everything anyone has every written about autonomous behaviour is not something you want to f

Sebastian Thrun is a great source but I'm getting the feeling that everything anyone has every written about autonomous behaviour is not something you want to follow, knowing how far we are from robust autonomy in arbitrary real-world environments. On the other hand, autonomous behaviour is a great field for a new researcher because there are so many wide open problems. Even pathfinding with obstacle avoidance, something that every game dev knows how to code in a bit, is an open challenge in robotics. Wide open world, plenty of research hills to plant one's flag on.