A system for providing autonomous driving of a radio controlled vehicle through an ambient environment is disclosed herein. The system can include a modular device with at least one sensor configured to generate signals associated with characteristics of the ambient environment, a bed plate configured to be mechanically coupled to the RC vehicle, and a modular control circuit configured to be mechanically coupled to the bed plate and communicably coupled to the modular device, wherein the modular control circuit is configured to be communicably coupled to hardware of the RC vehicle and control the RC vehicle in response to commands received from the modular device.