I'm Not a Robot But I Play One On TV.

I like robots. I especially like the 40s and 50s version of the walking, talking robots with clampy hands and whirling lights for eyes. Sure, actual robots that do real work like our laser engraver are cool, but the romance of the "think for yourself" kind of robots are cool. The lower-tech, the better.

To concentrate on success, I need to make survival my own personal robot. The SERVivor3000. It needs to be equipped with the clampy hands of time management, the whirling lights of follow-ups and the walk and the talk to get the job done as it has been.

This robot will be programmed walk from month to month carrying the income to pay the bills. Because its a robot and not a person, it will be able to do all of this in less time than it takes me, the lowly human to do it. It will leave me with time to find out what I need to be "successful" (whatever that means).

When programing a robot's arm to move, you must first tell the robot it has a "rest" position. This is the place that it will come back to, a staging point for all its movements. Then you have to tell the robot of its limits, the maximum amount of movement it can do physically. Then you control the robot with numbers to make it move within those bounds relative to its rest position.

That being said, my robot will need to have limits (Time, Money, Difficulty) and a rest position (routine). Then the robot will be controlled by the numbers (sales, production, invoicing, billing). These will be part of a great formula that will allow me to set survival on autopilot giving me plenty of room to "succeed" (whatever that means). My Robot will do the fighting for me.
What will I need for this step?

• A Physical Robot: the organized shop and office, the running software, the materials in stock for orders.
• A Controller for the Robot: Myself and people i can count on to get the job done efficiently.
• Measuring physical limits: How Much Money do I need, How much time will it take, How hard and stressful will it be
  
• Find a rest position: A routine that works to make it automatic.
• Write a program: Make a series of checklists for each step of the routine and subroutines.
• A technical manual: To let other people know what has to be done each day.
• A Power Supply: Without the energy an motivation, none of these actions will be able work (except for the technical manual)

In the weeks to come, we will discuss each of the parts of the robot and how to make it operate efficiently, without the a lot of energy.