Unpredictable vehicle navigation

An apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle, comprising:

• a processor unit configured to:
• randomly select a value between a range of values for an attribute of a next state of the vehicle;
• and
• control the movement of the vehicle to move the vehicle from a current state of the vehicle to the next state, wherein the current state comprises a current location of the vehicle.

A method for controlling movement of a vehicle, comprising:

• identifying possible next states for the vehicle by looking ahead to remove a number of next states from the possible next states based on a determination that the vehicle could not be moved to a subsequent next state after moving to any of the number of next states;
• identifying state values for the possible next states;
• selecting, by a processor unit, a next state for the vehicle from the possible next states using the state values;
• and
• controlling the movement of the vehicle to move the vehicle from a current state to the next state, wherein the current state comprises a current location of the vehicle.

A method for controlling movement of a vehicle, comprising:

• identifying, by a processor unit, possible next states for the vehicle;
• identifying, by the processor unit, state values for the possible next states, wherein the state values are a function of times that the vehicle was in the possible next states;
• selecting a next state for the vehicle from the possible next states using the state values, wherein the next state comprises a next location for the vehicle;
• automatically controlling the movement of the vehicle to move the vehicle from a current state to the next state based on a determination that an automatic navigation system is currently engaged, wherein the step of automatically controlling the movement of the vehicle to move the vehicle from the current state to the next state is responsive to the automatic navigation system being re-engaged after being disengaged a plurality of times while the vehicle is performing a mission in an area near a point of interest;
• and
• presenting the next state as a recommendation to an operator of the vehicle in response to a determination that the automatic navigation system is currently disengaged.