Wanna talk about something other than robots? Really?? Can't understand it myself, but if you really want to, do it here....normal rules apply though!!
This may be getting obsessive but I finally got it down to 10. (5th attempt)
I did try cheating by having a go and then <Alt PrtScr> loading it into photoshop and using the dropper to check the value of each block but it gives the value for each of the three component colours so was no use.